Nieuw Jacobkondre (also Njoeng Jacob Kondre or just Jacobkondre) is a town in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. It is situated on the Saramacca River. The village is inhabited by Matawai people.[1]
Nieuw Jacobkondre | |
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Village | |
_(cropped).jpg) Nieuw Jacobkondre (1890) | |
  Nieuw Jacobkondre Location in Suriname | |
| Coordinates: 4°56′00″N 55°32′00″W / 4.93333°N 55.5333°W | |
| Country |  Suriname |
| District | Sipaliwini District |
| Resort (municipality) | Boven Saramacca |
Overview
editThe 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 the garimpero (illegal gold miner) village of Villa Brazil.[4]
Transport
editNieuw Jacobkondre can be reached via an unpaved road which connects to the Southern East-West Link and from there to the rest of the country.[5] The Njoeng Jacob Kondre Airstrip also serves Nieuw Jacobkondre.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Structuur Analyse" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ Beet 2014, p. 190.
- ^ Beet 2014, p. 300.
- ^ "Politie-eenheden zullen gestationeerd worden te Nieuw Jacob Kondre". Dagblad Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "Weg naar Nieuw Jacobkondre ernstig ingezakt". De Ware Tijd via Shoeket.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ "Njoeng Jacob Kondre, Sipaliwini, Suriname". GC Map. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
Bibliography
edit- Beet, Chris de (1981). People in between: the Matawai Maroons of Suriname (PDF). Krips Repro, Meppel – via Digital Library for Dutch Literature.
4°56′00″N 55°32′00″W / 4.93333°N 55.5333°W
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