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Belu (province)

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Timor island

Belu (also Belos or Behale)[1] was the Portuguese name for eastern part of Timor island, which included the kingdoms of Wehali, Lichisana and Suai-Cabanaza. In 1756 the western part of Belu and West Timor fell to the Dutch.

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  1. ^ H.G. Schulte Nordholt (2013). M.J.L. Yperen (ed.). The Political System of the Atoni of Timor. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 94-015-1013-X.