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Díli (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 08 35 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -8.5833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 125 35 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 125.5833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Mainly inhabited by Timorese and Atonese, with Portuguese, Eurasian and Arab Muslim minorities; soap, perfume, pottery, and textiles are manufactured; cotton, coffee, rice, wheat, copra, wool, sandalwood, and processed hides are exported; there is an airport here; it became the capital of newly independent East Timor in 2002. |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Díli (municipality) (P) |
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Díli (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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| city (C) |
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| national capital (C) |
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became East Timor's capital when it became an independent nation in 2002 |
| provincial capital (H) |
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