Heidoti is a village in Boven Saramacca municipality (resort) in Sipaliwini District in Suriname. Heidoti is home to Maroons of the Kwinti tribe.[1]
Heidoti | |
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  Heidoti Location in Suriname | |
| Coordinates: 4°52′15″N 55°34′12″W / 4.87083°N 55.57000°W | |
| Country |  Suriname |
| District | Sipaliwini District |
| Resort (municipality) | Boven Saramacca |
| Elevation | 70 ft (20 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 |
Heidoti had been built as a camp by the Geological and Mining Services,[2] and was later settled by Nicodemus, who moved his family into the hamlet. In 1915, Nicodemus was appointed village chief.[1] Since 2009, Heidoti is home to the Heidoti Tropical Park.[3]
Heidoti can be reached by boat from Nieuw Jacobkondre, which has road access to the rest of the country,[4] or from the Cabana Airstrip.[5] In November 2019, IAMGOLD finished a road to the Saramacca Development Project in Cabana giving Heidoti direct access to the rest of the country.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ a b Beet 1981, p. 51.
- ^ Elst 1973, p. 14.
- ^ "Heidoti Tropical Park". heidoti.wordpress.com. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ "Weg naar Nieuw Jacobkondre ernstig ingezakt". De Ware Tijd via Shoeket.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ "Heidoti". Openstreetmap. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ^ "IAMGOLD Announces Initial Drilling Results Testing the Underground Mining Potential at Its Saramacca Project, Suriname". News File Corp (Press release). Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ^ "Saramacca Development Project update - November 2019". IAMGOLD via Youtube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
Bibliography
edit- Beet, Chris de (1981). "People in between: the Matawai Maroons of Suriname". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- Elst, Dirk van der (1973). "The Coppename Kwinti: Notes on an Afro-American tribe in Suriname". Nieuwe West-Indische Gids - Year 15. University of Florida.
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