What's the difference between East Timor and West Timor?

General situation of geographical location.

East Timor and West Timor are connected by a Timor island. Looking at Indonesia in the north and Australia in the south, between Indonesia and Australia. Although the two islands are on the same island, they are very different because of different countries and political and economic reasons.

The history and present situation of the two islands.

East Timor-

? East Timor, with an area of 1.4 million square kilometers and a population of 1.27 million. Tropical grassland climate and tropical rain forest climate coexist. The island is mountainous and forested, with plains and valleys along the coast, with an average annual climate of 26℃.

East Timor was once ruled by Portugal. After the outbreak of the civil war, it was ruled by Indonesia and became independent in 2002.

? Today, East Timor is very backward after independence. Many materials need foreign aid, and agricultural farming still adopts the primitive farming method of slash and burn. But it is rich in gold, manganese, chromium, tin, copper, oil and natural gas resources, and its national income also depends on the output of resources.

West Timor-

West Timor has an area of 15000 square kilometers and a population of about 65438+400,000. It has a tropical rain forest climate, and agriculture is its main economic source.

The territory was successively occupied by Sumatra, Portugal, the Netherlands, Britain and Japan. After Indonesia's independence, West Timor became a part of Indonesia.

Conclusion:

Although West Timor is also a backward area, compared with East Timor, West Timor is more developed in social construction, education, medical care and entertainment places. In East Timor, roads may still be paved with gravel, but in West Timor, roads are paved with asphalt. In terms of unemployment rate, we can see that many people in East Timor are sitting on the roadside doing nothing. In education, West Timorese can learn some global scientific and social knowledge, while East Timorese mostly know nothing about it.

Although both East Timor and West Timor belong to Timor Island, their living standards are quite different due to different political and institutional developments. Although East Timor is an independent island country, with the support of Indonesia, the development of West Timor is obviously better than East Timor.