East Timor–Indonesia border
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The East Timor–Indonesia border is the international border between East Timor and Indonesia. The border consists of two non-contiguous sections totalling 253 km (157 m) in length, the larger section of which divides the island of Timor in two.[1] The demarcation of the border between Indonesia and East Timor has been fought over by various parties for 350 years. The first attempts to define it precisely were made by the colonial powers of the Netherlands and Portugal with the Treaty of Lisbon in 1859, but it was not until the Permanent Court of Arbitration's award of 25 June 1914 that the final land border between them on the island of Timor was established. It largely coincides with today's border between the state of East Timor (Timor-Leste), which only gained its final independence in 2002, and West Timor, which belongs to Indonesia, but was still disputed on some points until 2019.[2]
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East Timor–Indonesia border | |
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Characteristics | |
Entities | East Timor Indonesia |
Length | 253 km (157 mi) |
Enclave and exclaves | Oecusse |
History | |
Established | 25 June 1914 Court of Arbitration's award |
Current shape | 2002 East Timor independence |
Treaties | Treaty of Lisbon of 1859 1999 East Timorese independence referendum |