Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Gabashin Timor ƙasa ce a kudu maso gabashin Asiya da Oceania da aka sani da Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Timor-Leste. Kasar ta ƙunshi rabin gabashin tsibirin Timor da tsibiran Atauro da Jaco da ke kusa. Ana tunanin mazauna farko su zuriyar mutanen Australoid da Melanesian ne. Fotigal sun fara kasuwanci tare da Timor a farkon karni na 16 kuma sun mallake ta a tsakiyar karni. Yin gwagwarmaya da Dutch a yankin daga baya ya haifar da yarjejeniya ta 1859 wanda Portugal ta ba da rabin yammacin tsibirin. Daular Japan ta mamaye Gabashin Timor
a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, amma Portugal ta sake dawo da ikon mulkin mallaka bayan Jafananci sun mika wuya.