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Abandoned after the Indonesians left Timor-Leste in 1999, houses such as this were subsequently occupied by Timorese. This one, outside Dili, is owned by Pedro da Costa Xavier who says the only thing he can grow in the salty soil is tobacco.
Jesse Wright/IRIN

  • Abandoned after the Indonesians left Timor-Leste in 1999, houses such as this were subsequently occupied by Timorese. This one, outside Dili, is owned by Pedro da Costa Xavier who says the only thing he can grow in the salty soil is tobacco.

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  • Credits Jesse Wright/IRIN
  • Themes Politics and Economics
  • Regions Timor-Leste

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