National Library of Timor-Leste

The National Library of East Timor is the national library and the national archive of East Timor. Its building is under construction since 2011 in Ai-Tarak Laran, a quarter in the Suco of Kampung Alur in the Dom Aleixo Subdistrict of the country's capital Dili.^[1]

National Library of East Timor Biblioteca Nacional de Timor-Leste Biblioteka Nasionál no Arkivu Timor-Leste nian
Location	Dili, East Timor
Type	National library
Established	2009 (16 years ago) (2009)
Reference to legal mandate	Resolução do Governo n.º 24/2009 de 18 de novembro de 2009
Collection
Size	2,500
Other information
Director	João Fátima da Cruz
Employees	10

The institution was created with a governmental resolution in 2009.^[2] It is slowly building a Library catalog mainly with international donations. In 2014, the catalog consisted in 2,500 items donated by the National Library of Portugal.^[3]

Groundbreaking for the library happened in 2017, while construction began in 2022.^[4]