Timor is an island at the south end of the Malay Archipelago, north of the Timor Sea. It is divided between the independent state of East Timor, and West Timor, belonging to the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara. The island's surface is 11,883 square miles (30,777 km²). The name is a variant of timur, Malay for “east”; it's so called because it's at the east end of a chain of islands. Language, ethnic groups, and religion Similar to nearby islands, most Timorese are… (More on Timor)