Betano

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Betano
Betano coast
The Suco Betano is located in the south of the administrative office Same. The place Betano is located in the south of the Sucos on the coast.
Data
surface 109.62 km²
population 5,753  (2015)
Chefe de Suco Saturnino Tilman
(election 2009)
Aldeias Population  (2015)
Bemetan 1,548
Lalica 620
Leo-Ai 478
Loro 888
Rai-Fussa 300
Selihassan 1,055
Sessurai 864
Betano (East Timor)
Betano
Betano
Coordinates: 9 ° 10 ′  S , 125 ° 44 ′  E

Betano (other names and spellings: Nutur, Betana, Betarro, Belana ) is an East Timorese place and Suco in the administrative office of Same ( Manufahi municipality ).

The place

Climate diagram of Betano

The place is located 68 km south of the state capital Dili , on the south coast of the island of Timor , at an altitude of 2  m . There is a medical station in Betano. There is an anchorage off the coast that can be used by larger ships. At Betano there is the Central Eléctrica de Betano, a power plant with an output of 136  MW that supplies the south coast with electricity. It was inaugurated on August 20, 2013.

The Suco

Betano
places position height
Bemetan 9 ° 9 ′  S , 125 ° 44 ′  E 59  m
Betano 9 ° 10 ′  S , 125 ° 44 ′  E 2  m
Lalica 9 ° 9 ′  S , 125 ° 42 ′  E 88  m
Leo-Ai 1 9 ° 9 ′  S , 125 ° 41 ′  E 41  m
Leo-Ai 2 9 ° 8 ′  S , 125 ° 42 ′  E 90  m
Rai-Fussa 9 ° 9 ′  S , 125 ° 42 ′  E 90  m
Riatu 9 ° 6 ′  S , 125 ° 42 ′  E 268  m
Selihassan 9 ° 9 ′  S , 125 ° 46 ′  E 102  m
Sessurai 9 ° 6 ′  S , 125 ° 42 ′  E 191  m
Instituto Politécnico de Betano
Children in traditional costume

5,753 inhabitants (2015) live in Betano, of which 3,028 are men and 2,725 women. The population density is 52.5 inhabitants / km². There are 1054 households in the Suco. 34% of the population name Mambai as their mother tongue. Over 31% speak Tetum Prasa , over 20% Tetum Terik and over 12% Bunak . This makes Betano one of the Bunak centers .

Before the 2015 regional reform, Betano had an area of ​​112.80 km². Now there are 109.62 km². The Suco is located in the south of the administrative office Same. In the northwest are the sucos Dai-Sua and Babulo . In the north and east, Betano borders on the administrative office of Alas with its Sucos Taitudac and Maha-Quidan . The Quelun River flows between Betano and Maha-Quidan . The western border is formed by the Caraulun River , which has many river islands here. On the other bank is the administrative office of Hato-Udo ( municipality of Ainaro ) with its Suco Foho-Ai-Lico . In the south lies the Timor Sea .

At Betano the southern coastal road, one of the main arteries of East Timor, turns from the east to the north and leads past Bemetan (Bunak: Il Guzu , in German: Black Water ), Rai-Fussa ( Raifusa , Rai Fursa ), Lalica , Leo- Ai 2 ( Leoai 2 ) and Sessurai ( Sesurai ) until it reaches the suco limit at Riatu . Later she divides. To the north it continues via the municipality capital Same and the places Maubisse and Aileu to Dili; to the west it goes to Suai . If you follow the coastal road from Betano to the east, you will reach Selihassan ( Selihasan ) halfway to the Suco border . Leo-Ai 1 ( Leoai 1 ) is west of Leo-Ai 2.

Primary schools can be found in Sessurai, Rai-Fussa ( Escola Primaria Rai-Fussa ), Bemetan and Selihasan. There is a pre-school in Rai-Fussa and a preparatory school for secondary school in Bemetan. On February 23, 2017, the Instituto Politécnico de Betano - Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão was opened. Like Betano, Rai-Fussa has a medical station. At Riatu the coastal road leads over a bridge over the Sui, on the eastern border there is another bridge over the Quelan. According to government plans, a refinery and a petrochemical factory are to be built on the east bank of the mouth of the Caraulun. A little to the north of it, an airport and administration building are planned in the new settlement Nova Betano , on the site of today's Rai-Fussa .

In the Suco there are the seven Aldeias Bemetan , Lalica , Leo-Ai , Loro , Rai-Fussa , Selihassan and Sessurai .

Various rare bird species live in the Betano region, including the wetar pigeon .

history

Ruins of the Portuguese Customs House in Betano

Boaventura , Liurai of Manufahi , holed up with the Queen of Betano for the last time during his rebellion against the Portuguese . In April 1912, the Portuguese gunboat Pátria Betano shot at, killing a thousand people, according to a crew member. The Timorese were finally defeated and several thousand were captured, including Boaventura.

During the Second World War , from May 27 to December 1, 1942, the Australian soldiers of the 2 / 2nd Independent Company who fought against the Japanese on Timor were supplied via the place Betano . Small ships and corvettes drove between Darwin and Betano. On September 23, 1942, the 2 / 2nd Independent Company was to be replaced by the 2 / 4th Independent Company. The destroyer HMAS Voyager brought 450 soldiers to Betano and was supposed to accommodate 600. Due to strong currents, however, the Voyager ran aground on the beach. The recovery was impossible and after a Japanese aircraft was shot down and bombers attacked the next day, the crew of the Voyager was evacuated the following night by the two corvettes HMAS Kalgoorlie and HMAS Warrnambool . The HMAS Voyager was blown up. Their remains are still with Betano today. An advance by the Japanese reached Betano from Dili on September 27, but could no longer achieve anything there.

On the night of November 30th to December 1st, the Australian Navy carried out a landing operation at Betano. Fresh Dutch troops were to be landed and 190 Dutch soldiers and 150 Portuguese civilians were to be brought to safety. The landing craft HMAS Kuru served as a ferry between the bank and the two corvettes HMAS Armidale and HMAS Castlemaine . The HMAS Armidale was sunk by Japanese aircraft near Betano. 40 Australian crew members and 60 soldiers from the Dutch East India Army died. In January 1943, most of the Australian soldiers were evacuated from Timor.

A landing craft of the Australian Navy , the HMAS Betano , was named after the place in 1972 and put into service in 1974. On March 20, 2000, HMAS Betano visited Betano for the first time. In 2010 a boat of the East Timorese Navy was named after Betano.

politics

In the 2004/2005 elections , Agostu Pereira was elected Chefe de Suco. In the 2009 elections , Saturnino Tilman won .

See also

Web links

Commons : Betano  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Direcção-Geral de Estatística : Results of the 2015 census , accessed on November 23, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b UNMIT map of Manufahi, August 2008 ( Memento of the original dated December 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 523 kB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / unmit.unmissions.org
  3. ↑ Information board at the power plant
  4. ↑ Sapo.tl: Ilha de Ataúro, em Timor-Leste, vai ser eletrificada através de cabo submarino, July 18, 2013 , accessed on July 19, 2013
  5. ↑ Fallingrain.com: Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in East Timor
  6. ↑ Results of the 2010 census for the Suco Betano (PDF; 8.4 MB) tetum
  7. ↑ Direcção Nacional de Estatística: Population Distribution by Administrative Areas Volume 2 English ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (2010 census; PDF; 22.6 MB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dne.mof.gov.tl
  8. ^ Timor-Leste GIS-Portal ( Memento from June 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ List of polling stations for the parliamentary elections in East Timor 2007 (PDF; 118 kB)
  10. ↑ The First Lady of East Timor's Facebook page: Abertura Oficial do Instituto Politécnico de Betano , accessed on February 25, 2017.
  11. ↑ Fundasaun Mahein: Projetu Refinaria no Petro-kimika: Mega Mega Projetu ka Ameasa? , (Tetum, English) , accessed October 9, 2013
  12. ↑ Diploma Ministerial n ° 199/09 ( Memento of February 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 323 kB) Jornal da Républica (Portuguese)
  13. ^ Geoffrey C. Gunn: History of Timor. ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Technical University of Lisbon (PDF file; 805 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / pascal.iseg.utl.pt
  14. ↑ Secretariado Técnico de Administração Eleitoral STAE: Eleições para Liderança Comunitária 2004/2005 - Resultados ( Memento of August 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  15. ↑ Secretariado Técnico de Administração Eleitoral STAE: Eleições para Liderança Comunitária 2009 - Resultados ( Memento of August 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

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