Jaw Jaw
Jaw Jaw | |
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Village | |
  Jaw Jaw Location in Suriname | |
| Coordinates:4°25′31″N55°22′22″W/ 4.42528°N 55.37278°W | |
| Country |  Suriname |
| District | Sipaliwini District |
| Resort | Boven Suriname |
| Population | |
| • Total | ca. 400 |
Jaw Jaw,alsoYaw Yaw,[2]is a village ofSaamakaMaroons[3]in theBoven Surinameresort of theSipaliwini DistrictofSuriname.The village is located on theSuriname River.[4]
Jaw Jaw is a transmigration village built for the inhabitants of Lombé[5]which was flooded by theBrokopondo Reservoirafter the construction of theAfobaka Dam.[6]The village was built in 1964[5]on a site which had been previously used forcoconutproduction.[7]Some of the original inhabitants of Lombé foundedNieuw LombénearBerg en Dal.[8]Originally the village was home to 700 people,[2]but in 1976, the population was estimated at several hundred,[9]because many inhabitants had left for the city.[10]
The village has a school, a clinic, and aRoman Catholicchurch.[3]There is anecotourismresort on Isadou, an island in the Suriname River across from the village.[11][4]
References
[edit]- ^"Omgeving - Isadou - Suriname".Isadou(in Dutch).Retrieved4 July2020.
- ^abKempen 2002,p. 113.
- ^abPlan Bureau 2014,p. 173.
- ^abPlan Bureau 2014,p. 192.
- ^abKempen 2002,p. 114.
- ^Bijl & Eerenstein 1976,p. 6.
- ^Kempen 2002,p. 115.
- ^"Lombe".Parbode(in Dutch). 2 June 2010.Retrieved4 July2020.
- ^Bijl & Eerenstein 1976,p. 8.
- ^Kempen 2002,p. 116.
- ^"Jaw Jaw Isadou".Suriname Tour(in Dutch).Retrieved4 July2020.
Bibliography
[edit]- Bijl, H. van der; Eerenstein, J.H.W. (1976)."DE TRADITIONELE LANDBOUW VAN DE BOSLANDCREOLEN IN HET DISTRICT BROKOPONDO".Wageningen University and Research(in Dutch).
- Kempen, Michiel van (2002).Een geschiedenis van de Surinaamse literatuur. Deel 2(in Dutch). Paramaribo: Okopipi.ISBN9991464069.Retrieved4 July2020.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - Plan Bureau (2014)."Planning Office Suriname - Districts 2009-2013"(PDF).Planning Office Suriname(in Dutch).
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