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.
The institution was created with a governmental resolution in 2009. 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].
Groundbreaking for the library happened in 2017, while construction began in 2022.