Bernharddorp

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Bernharddorp
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Bernharddorp
Coordinates: 5°37′46″N55°12′48″W / 5.629444°N 55.213333°W / 5.629444; -55.213333 Coordinates: 5°37′46″N55°12′48″W / 5.629444°N 55.213333°W / 5.629444; -55.213333
CountryFlag of Suriname.svg  Suriname
District Para District
Resort Noord
Government
  CaptainLloyd Banda [1]
Population
 (2022) [2]
  Total2,000
Time zone UTC-3 (AST)

Bernharddorp is an indigenous village of Lokono and Kalina [2] Amerindians in the resort of Noord in the Para District in Suriname.

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History

In the 1930s, Amerindians from the village of Bisri near Zanderij settled in the area which was owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paramaribo at the time. [3] In 1950, the village was visited by Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, the consort of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, to install the first elected village chief. On 25 February 1951, the village was named Bernharddorp, however Bernard officially refers to Bernard of Clairvaux. [4]

Bernharddorp has a school, [3] and in 1952, was given 214 hectares of communal land for agriculture. [5] In 2018, the captain has asked from 8,000 hectares partially to be used for an economic development zone. [1]

Transport

The village is located on the Indira Gandhiweg which connects Paramaribo with the Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport via Lelydorp. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Kapitein Banda wil economische zone voor Bernharddorp". Suriname Herald (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Dorpen en Dorpsbesturen". Vereniging van inheemse dorpshoofden in Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "St. Bernardusschool". Suri Samen (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  4. "Bernharddorp". Suriname.nu (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  5. "OSO. Tijdschrift voor Surinaamse taalkunde, letterkunde en geschiedenis. Jaargang 13". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). 1994. Retrieved 14 February 2021.