Nieuw Jacobkondre
Nieuw Jacobkondre | |
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Village | |
 Nieuw Jacobkondre (1890) | |
  Nieuw Jacobkondre Location in Suriname | |
| Coordinates:4°56′00″N55°32′00″W/ 4.93333°N 55.5333°W | |
| Country |  Suriname |
| District | Sipaliwini District |
| Resort (municipality) | Boven Saramacca |
Nieuw Jacobkondre(alsoNjoeng Jacob Kondreor justJacobkondre) is a town in theSipaliwini DistrictofSuriname.It is situated on theSaramacca River.The village is inhabited byMatawai people.[1]
Overview
[edit]The village of Jacobkondre was founded in the 1860s by Jacob Tooti.[2]The original village was deserted around 1910, and a new settlement was built nearby.[3]
The village has a school, clinic, and church.[1]In 2014, a police station was opened in Nieuw Jacobkondre, because of increased crime at the nearby gold mines and thegarimpero(illegal gold miner) village ofVilla Brazil.[4]
Transport
[edit]Nieuw Jacobkondre can be reached via an unpaved road which connects to theSouthern East-West Linkand from there to the rest of the country.[5]TheNjoeng Jacob Kondre Airstripalso serves Nieuw Jacobkondre.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ab"Structuur Analyse"(PDF).Planning Office Suriname(in Dutch).Retrieved25 May2020.
- ^Beet 2014,p. 190.
- ^Beet 2014,p. 300.
- ^"Politie-eenheden zullen gestationeerd worden te Nieuw Jacob Kondre".Dagblad Suriname(in Dutch).Retrieved5 March2021.
- ^"Weg naar Nieuw Jacobkondre ernstig ingezakt".De Ware Tijd via Shoeket(in Dutch).Retrieved26 May2020.
- ^"Njoeng Jacob Kondre, Sipaliwini, Suriname".GC Map.Retrieved26 May2020.
Bibliography
[edit]- Beet, Chris de (1981).People in between: the Matawai Maroons of Suriname(PDF).Krips Repro, Meppel – viaDigital Library for Dutch Literature.
4°56′00″N55°32′00″W/ 4.93333°N 55.5333°W
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