THE TERRITORIAL MATRIX OF TIMOR-LESTE: subsidies for analysis of the territorial conflicts between 1974 and 1999

Abstract

This paper aims to conduct an initial discussion about some elements of territorial matrix of East Timor and the Indonesian invasion resistance between the years1974 and 1999. To this end, we carried out literature reviews, archival research and surveys of geographic databases that supported the preparation of some maps that were produced in ArcGIS 9.3. Array elements are present land of East Timor that we consider central to the articulation of strategies of the Indonesian invasion and also the East Timorese resistance. We identified the aspects of the location of East Timor, its landscapes, its hydrology and geomorphology, as well as aspects of the Timorese population and its distribution in the territory. It can be concluded that the Timorese territorial matrix components had central roles in the definition of the first places were invaded by the Indonesians, and also the definition of the places where there were major focuses of resistance.