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{{Expand German|topic=geo|date=November 2010|Betano}}
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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.<ref name="Macauhub">{{cite web|title=East Timor has electricity across almost its entire territory|url=http://www.macauhub.com.mo/en/2013/08/22/east-timor-has-electricity-across-almost-its-entire-territory/|website=Macauhub|date=21 August 2013}}</ref><ref name="macau2017">{{cite web|title=Timor-Leste thermal power stations managed and maintained by Finnish group|url=https://macauhub.com.mo/2017/10/12/pt-centrais-termicas-de-timor-leste-geridas-e-mantidas-por-grupo-da-finlandia/|website=Macauhub|date=12 October 2017}}</ref>
== History ==
Betano was a traditional Timorese kingdom in former times. The Kingdom of We Hale with their mighty King Nai Loro Tiris
{{HMAS|Voyager|D31|6}} became grounded at the bay at Betano after offloading the [[2/4th Commando Squadron (Australia)|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|J240|6}} was sunk by 13 Japanese aircraft, while attempting to evacuate Australian and Dutch soldiers and deliver a relief contingent.<ref name=Stevensopp112>David Stevens et al., 2001, ''The Royal Australian Navy'', opposite p. 112</ref>
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==References==
*{{Cite book|author=Stevens, David |author2=Sears, Jason |author3=Goldrick, James |author4=Cooper, Alastair |author5=Jones, Peter |author6= Spurling, Kathryn  |editor=Stevens, David |title=The Royal Australian Navy |series=The Australian Centenary History of Defence (vol III) |year=2001 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=South Melbourne, VIC |isbn=0-19-554116-2}}
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