Bantega (West Frisian: Bantegea) is a village in the Dutch province of Friesland.

It is located in the municipality De Fryske Marren, and lies about 6 km east of the town of Lemmer.

[3] It is a young village; until after the second World War, it was only a hamlet, named Echtenpolder.

The older name of the settlement was Echtenpolder, but was renamed after a village which disappeared around 1700.

It means "village of Bant (area name)".