Sarakreek
Sarakreek
Resort in Brokopondo District, Suriname
Sarakreek is a resort (≈ municipality) in the gold mining region[2] of Brokopondo District in Suriname.[3] Its population at the 2012 census was 3,076.[1] It is served by the Sarakreek Airstrip. The resort is named after the eponymous creek.
A large part of Sarakreek was flooded after the construction of the Afobaka Dam, and the villages which were lost in the Brokopondo Reservoir were resettled in Marshallkreek and Tapoeripa.[4]
Villages in the resort include: Baikutu, Duwatra, Lebidoti,[5] and Zoewatta.[6]
Flooded villages include: Abontjeman and Ganzee.[7]