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• Official Name


  The Sultanate Brunei Darussalam
• Capital City


  Bandar Seri Begawan
• Brunei


  • Located in Borneo - an island in Southeast Asia's Malay Archipelago that's shared by three countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei
  • Brunei River - key transportation route and home to rich oil and natural gas reserves
• Ethnic Composition of Brunei

  • Malay (66.0%)
  • Chinese (10.1%)
  • Others (23.9%)
• Brunei Malay or Melayu Brunei


  Malay variant that is spoken in Brunei in informal occasions, at home, between friends, and in shops. It also serves as the lingua franca in parts of East Malaysia
• Foreign Languages in Brunei

  • Arabic
  • English
• Official Religion


  Islam (82.1%)
• Other Religions in Brunei

  • Christianity (6.7%)
  • Buddhism (6.3%)
  • Others (4.9%)
• Independence Day


  January 1, 1984
• Current Leader


  Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Muʿizzaddin Waddaulah, crowned in August 1968
• Brunei ruled Borneo, Sulu, and Palawan
• Traitors Seri Lela and Seri Ratna were assigned as the Sultan and new Bendahara


  April 16, 1578
• In the 16th century, the arrival of the British Empire
• Brunei became a British protectorate. Brunei survived the internal strife because the British offered the Sultan a "Treaty of Protection"


  1888 - 1984
• Discovery of petroleum resources

  1920
• Brunei's significance began to revive with the discovery of petroleum. Brunei became the 3rd largest source of petroleum in the British Commonwealth


  1929
• During World War II, Brunei was occupied by the Japanese

  1941 – 1945
• Constitution


  First drafted in 1959, provides no separation of powers
• Form of Government


  Absolute Monarchy, the Sultan has executive, legislative, and judicial power or authority
• Head of State and Government

  Legislative - Unicameral, Legislative Council
• Official Name


  Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
• Leste


  Means east in Portuguese
• Timor


  Means east in Malay and Indonesian
• Timor Leste or East Timor


  Means eastern east
• Capital City


  Dili - capital and largest city, was designated the administrative centre, the chief port and commercial centre for east timor
• Cristo Rei De Dili Statue (Christ The King Of Dili) reflecting the country's independence struggles from Portugal and Indonesia, given by President Suharto of Indonesia in 1996 as a gift to the people of East Timor
• Ethnic Groups in Timor-Leste

  • 14
• Official Languages


  Portuguese And Tetum
• Other Languages


  • Indonesian
  • English
• Religion


  Originally a Muslim dominated state, now 96.9% Catholics, 0.3% Muslims, 2.2% Protestants, 0.5% Others
• Independence from Portugal


  1975
• Invasion of Indonesian Forces

  1976
• Independence from all colonizers, recognized by the UN as an independent state

  1999
• Official Independence Day


  May 20, 2002 - full sovereignty, establishment of Timor Leste's constitution
• Pedro Bacelar De Vasconcelos is one of the authors of the constitution
• Constitution entered into force

  May 20, 2002
• Past Leaders


  Xanana Gusmão – 1st President, Mari Alkatiri – 1st Prime Minister
• Current Leaders


  Jose Ramos Horta – President, José Alexandre "Xanana" Gusmão – Prime Minister
• Form of Government


  Semi-Presidential Representative Democratic Republic
• Executive


  President & Prime Minister