Betano is a village and suco in the southwest of
Manufahi District
Manufahi (, ) is one of the municipalities of East Timor. It has a population of 53,691 (2015 census) and an area of 1,323 km2. The capital of the municipality is Same.
Etymology
The present name of the municipality, ''Manufahi'', is ...
,
East Timor
East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-west ...
. In 2004, the suco had 4,577 inhabitants.
The
Betano Power Station
The Betano Power Station (Portuguese Central Eléctrica de Betano) is an oil power station located northeast of Betano, in the Manufahi District of East Timor. It was built to supply the South coast of East Timor with electricity, while the Nort ...
, located in the Betano suco, is the biggest electricity station in Timor by capacity. It supplies the South coast of the country with electricity.
History
Betano was a traditional Timorese kingdom in former times. The Kingdom of We Hale with their mighty King Nai Loro Tiris
became grounded at the bay at Betano after offloading the
2/4th Independent Company on 25 September 1942. The ship was blown up and scuttled after it could not be refloated. On 1 December 1942, was sunk by 13 Japanese aircraft, while attempting to evacuate Australian and Dutch soldiers and deliver a relief contingent.
[David Stevens et al., 2001, ''The Royal Australian Navy'', opposite p. 112]
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References
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Populated places in East Timor
Sucos of East Timor
Manufahi Municipality
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