Nieuw_Jacobkondre

Nieuw Jacobkondre

Nieuw Jacobkondre

Village in Sipaliwini District, Suriname

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]

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Overview

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 the garimpero (illegal gold miner) village of Villa Brazil.[4]

Transport

Nieuw 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

  1. [1]
    "Structuur Analyse" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  2. [2]
    Beet 2014, p. 190.
  3. [3]
    Beet 2014, p. 300.
  4. [4]
    "Politie-eenheden zullen gestationeerd worden te Nieuw Jacob Kondre". Dagblad Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  5. [5]
    "Weg naar Nieuw Jacobkondre ernstig ingezakt". De Ware Tijd via Shoeket.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  6. [6]
    "Njoeng Jacob Kondre, Sipaliwini, Suriname". GC Map. Retrieved 26 May 2020.

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