Oecusse (, also variously
Oecussi,
Ocussi,
Oekussi,
Oekusi,
Okusi,
Oé-Cusse), formerly
Ambeno and
Oecussi-Ambeno, is a district of
East Timor. It is a coastal
exclave in the western part of the island of
Timor, separated from the rest of East Timor by
West Timor, which is part of the province of
Nusa Tenggara Timur,
Indonesia, and which surrounds Oecusse in all directions except the north, where it borders the
Savu Sea. The capital of the district is
Pante Macassar, also called
Oecussi Town, or formerly, in
Portuguese Timor,
Vila Taveiro. Originally
Ambeno was the name of the district and
Oecussi (<
Oe Kusi) its capital.
