Alfonsdorp
Alfonsdorp
Village in Marowijne District, Suriname
Alfonsdorp (Lokono: Tibiti[2]) is a village of indigenous Lokono people[1] in the Albina resort of the Marowijne District of Suriname. The village is located on the East-West Link.[3] The Wanekreek Nature Reserve is located near the village.
Alfonsdorp
Tibiti | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 5.553056°N 54.162222°W / 5.553056; -54.162222 | |
Country | Suriname |
District | Marowijne District |
Resort | Albina |
Government | |
• Captain | Margriet Biswane[1] |
Population | |
• Total | 315 |
Alfonsdorp has been named after their former village chief Alfons.[4] During the Surinamese Interior War, the village was caught between the Suriname National Army and the Jungle Commando. Most of the village fled to Balaté near Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana.[5] On 29 november 1986, when Moiwana was attacked by the Army, civilians were murdered in Alfonsdorp as well,[6] and the village was destroyed.[5] After a meeting with Thomas Sabajo of the Tucayana Amazonas and Ronnie Brunswijk of the Jungle Commando their safety was assured, and people started to return to their former home.[5]
The village has a school.[7] There used to be a clinic, but as of 2014, it was no longer in operation.[8] In 2018, a catholic church was constructed.[9] An ecotourism resort is located in the village.[4] In 2014, Margriet Biswane was elected village chief.[10] In August 2021, Alfonsdorp was connected to the electricity grid and received 24 hours of electricity.[11]
Wanekreek is a protected area of Suriname. It measures 45,000 ha (110,000 acres) and contains swamps, savannas, and marsh forests. It has been protected since 1986.[12] The area is rich in wildlife, and is the breeding grounds for orange-winged amazons.[13]
The Wane Creek which lends its name to the nature reserve, connects the Marowijne with the Cottica River and was part of the inland waterway between the Marowijne and Paramaribo.[14] A large bauxite concession is located near the nature reserve.[12]
The nature reserve is in an ongoing dispute with the indigenous villages of Marijkedorp and Alfonsdorp who consider it part of their hunting and fishing grounds.[15] The area however has been uninhibited since the 1950s.[16]
- "Dorpen en Dorpsbesturen". Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- "Persoonlijke inzet van onze Vice-President Ronnie Brunswijk". Suriname.nu (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- "Interview: Nico Hermans". Groen Rood Wit (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- "In memoriam Theodorus Emanuel Blanca". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- "VN-rapporteur bezorgd over mensenrechten in Suriname". Nederlands dagblad (in Dutch). 28 January 1988. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- Plan Bureau 2014, p. 128.
- Plan Bureau 2014, p. 130.
- "Bouwproject kerk Alfonsdorp afgerond". Omhoog (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- "Alfonsdorp krijgt nieuwe kapitein". Dagblad Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- "Alfonsdorp beschikt nu over 1×24 uur stroom" (in Dutch). 22 August 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- Ouboter 2001, p. 49.
- Ouboter 2001, p. 50.
- "Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch West-Indië" (PDF). Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). 1916. p. 413. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden (October 2009). "Securing Indigenous Peoples' Rights in Conservation in Suriname" (PDF). Forest Peoples. p. 53. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden (January 2008). "Nature Reserves within the Indigenous Territory of the Kaliña and Lokono Peoples of Lower Marowijne" (PDF). Forest Peoples. p. 4. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- Ouboter, Paul E. (2001). "Directory of protected areas of Suriname". IBER.
- Plan Bureau (2014). "Planning Office Suriname - Districts 2009-2013" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch).
- Village website (in Dutch)