Betano

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Betano

Betano Location in East Timor
Coordinates: 9°9′52″S 125°43′30″E / 9.16444°S 125.72500°E / -9.16444; 125.72500Coordinates: 9°9′52″S 125°43′30″E / 9.16444°S 125.72500°E / -9.16444; 125.72500
Country	Timor-Leste
District	Manufahi District
Subdistrict	Same
Suco	Betano

Betano is a village and suco in southwest of Manufahi District, East Timor. The Suco has 4,577 inhabitants (2004).

History

Betano was a traditional Timorese kingdom in former times.

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.^[1]

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Notes

^ David Stevens et al., 2001, The Royal Australian Navy, opposite p. 112

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References

Stevens, David; Sears, Jason; Goldrick, James; Cooper, Alastair; Jones, Peter; Spurling, Kathryn, (2001). In Stevens, David. The Royal Australian Navy. The Australian Centenary History of Defence (vol III). South Melbourne, VIC: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-554116-2.

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