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Oecusse

Also known as Oecusse-Ambeno, Oe-Cusse Ambeno

Oecusse is an exclave of East Timor on the north coast of the western, Indonesian half of Timor. Around Lifau it was the earliest centre of Portuguese presence on the island, and the border treaties with the Netherlands of 1859 and 1914 left it as a Portuguese enclave within Dutch Timor. It is now a special administrative region of East Timor.

Oecusse
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Portuguese Timor

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Oecusse. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/oecusse
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