East Timor

Timór Lorosa’e / Timor-Leste

Last modified: 2005-08-19 by antonio martins
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• About the flag
• Differences respective to 1975
• National emblem
• Flag on stamps
• UNTAET’s specifcations for the national flag
• Incorrect flag depicted in the French Navy Album 2000

• Administrative divisions
• Political flags
• Historical flags

• Official government website, showing the national emblem
  reported by Ulrich Zeiler, 01 Sep 2002
• Official documentation about the ISO 3166-1 code change from TP to TL.
  reported by Phil Nelson, 21 May 2002
• Some photos of East Timor flag and Independence Celebrations, at the Yahoo News site: Photo 1kf5s; Photo 1kf51; Photo 1kcop; Photo 1kc7t; Photo 1kc1h
  reported by Evan Who, 19 May 2002

About the flag

Following the (overwhelming) victory of FRETILIN in the parliamentary elections, the constitutional assembly restored all the symbols from the 1975 independence, including the name, the flag, the hymn, etc. The hymn is causing some uproar, and will probably have its lyrics changed, but the version sang in the independence ceremony was the 1975 one. In the ceremony, by the way, what was declared was the «restoration of the independence of the Democratic Republic of East Timor»…
Jorge Candeias, 20 May 2002

In East Timor only the national flag is prescribed by the Constitution, while all other national symbols must be described by special laws.
Jan Zrzavy, 17 May 2002

The constituti