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Betano is a village and suco in the southwest of Manufahi District, East Timor. In 2004, the suco had 4,577 🍐 inhabitants.

The Betano Power Station, located in the Betano suco, is the biggest electricity station in Timor by capacity. It supplies 🍐 the South coast of the country with electricity.[1][2]

History [ edit ]

Betano was a traditional Timorese kingdom in former times. The 🍐 Kingdom of We Hale with their mighty King Nai Loro Tiris

HMAS Voyager 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, HMAS Armidale was sunk by 13 Japanese aircraft, while attempting to evacuate Australian and 🍐 Dutch soldiers and deliver a relief contingent.[3]