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East Nusa Tenggara (Indonesian: Nusa Tenggara Timur NTT) is a

province of Indonesia. It is located in the eastern part of the Lesser


Sunda Islands and includes West Timor. It has a total area of
48,718.1 km2, and the population at the 2010 Census was 4,683,827; the
latest official estimate in January 2014 was 5,070,746. The provincial
capital is Kupang on West Timor.
The province consists of more than 500 islands, the three largest being
Flores, Sumba, and the western half of Timor (West Timor). The eastern
part of Timor is the independent country of East Timor. East Nusa
Tenggara is the only province in Indonesia where Roman Catholicism is
the predominant religion. Nusa Tenggara Timur, in Indonesian, means
"eastern southeastern islands"; compare to Nusa Tenggara Barat, which
means "western southeastern islands".

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