Editing Timor (section)

=== West Timor ===

West Timor is part of the [[East Nusa Tenggara]] province. It was formerly split into the City of Kupang (a ''[[List of regencies and cities of Indonesia|kabupaten]]'' or regency-level administrative area) and four [[Regencies of Indonesia|regencies]] (kabupaten); from west to east these are: [[Kupang Regency|Kupang]], [[South Central Timor Regency|Timor Tengah Selatan]] (South Central Timor), [[North Central Timor Regency|Timor Tengah Utara]] (North Central Timor) and [[Belu Regency|Belu]]. However, a fifth regency – [[Malaka Regency|Malaka]] – was in 2012 formed from the southern half of Belu Regency. Note that the administrative area has shrunk as [[Rote Ndao Regency]] (Rote and Ndoa islands to the southwest) and [[Sabu Raijua Regency]] (the Savu Islands further west) were split off in 2002 and 2009 respectively from Kupang Regency.  The island accounts for 35.5% of the provincial population.