Pakka-Pakka or Pakkapakka, also Pakkapakka 1 (right side river) and Pakkapakka 2 (left side), is a Maroon village in the rainforest of Boven Saramacca resort in Sipaliwini District in Suriname. The village is inhabited by Matawai people.[1] The village was founded in the 1860s and was originally home to both Matawai and Kwinti people.[2]
Pakka-Pakka
Pakkapakka | |
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  Pakka-Pakka Location in Suriname | |
| Coordinates: 4°37′54″N 55°40′31″W / 4.63167°N 55.67528°W | |
| Country |  Suriname |
| District | Sipaliwini District |
| Resort (municipality) | Boven Saramacca |
| Elevation | 240 ft (73 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 |
The village has no school, no clinic, but does have a church.[1] There was a school in 1924.[3]
Nearby towns and villages include Kapoesanti (25.0 nm), Kaaimanston (36.8 nm), Moetoetoetabriki (13.9 nm), Heidoti (15.6 nm), Stonkoe (6.3 nm), Makajapingo (8.6 nm) and Asoenoebo (1.0 nm) .
References
edit- ^ a b "Structuur Analyse" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ Migee, Bettina (2017). Putting Matawai on the Surinamese Linguistic Map. John Benjamins Publishing.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ "De Vraagbaak. Almanak voor Suriname 1925". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). 1924. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
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