West Timor travel guide

West Timor is the Indonesian portion of the island of Timor and forms part of the province of Nusa Tenggara Timur, (NTT or East Nusa Tenggara). West Timor's capital and chief port is Kupang. The land area of West Timor is 15,850 km². Oecussi-Ambeno district is a small enclave within West Timor which is politically part of East Timor. During the colonial period it was known as Dutch Timor and was a centre of Dutch loyalists during the Indonesian War of Independence (1945 - 1949). From 1949 to 1975 it was called Indonesian Timor.
Rote Island, the southernmost island of Indonesia, is just to the southwest of West Timor.
Three native languages belonging of Fabronic Stock of the Austronesian group of languages are spoken in West Timor, the others in East Timor. These languages are Ndaonese, Rotinese, and Helong. Indonesian is also spoken as the official national language of Indonesia. (...) more....