Cabendadorp

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Cabendadorp
Kabenda dorp
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Cabendadorp
Coordinates: 5°23′07″N55°09′32″W / 5.3853°N 55.1589°W / 5.3853; -55.1589
CountryFlag of Suriname.svg  Suriname
District Para District
Resort Zuid
Established1974
Government
 • CaptainJeane Kabenda [1]
Population
 (2022) [1]
 • Total
330
Time zone UTC-3 (AST)

Cabendadorp (also Kabenda dorp [1] ) is an indigenous village of Kalina [1] Amerindians in the resort of Zuid in the Para District in Suriname. The village is located on the Avobakaweg south of the Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport. [2]

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History

The village was founded in 1974 by Joseph Cabenda who served as village chief until his death in 2012. [3]

The village is home to Leo Julius Toenaé whose family produces pottery, and who was known as a story teller. [4]

Overview

Cabendadorp has a clinic. [5] As of 2020, there is no school and the children have to take the bus to neighbouring Powakka and Zanderij. [6] The village has been allocated 4,375 hectares of communal land. [7] The village chief as of 2020 is Jeane Kabenda. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Dorpen en Dorpsbesturen". Vereniging van inheemse dorpshoofden in Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "SURINAME Nieuws: - NIBA Suri Magazine". Suriname.nu (in Dutch). 2005. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Dorpshoofd Cabenda pleit voor meer landbouw". Commissariaat Para (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  4. ↑ Michiel van Kempen (2002). Een geschiedenis van de Surinaamse literatuur. Deel 2 (in Dutch). Paramaribo: Okopipi. p. 152.
  5. ↑ "Planning Office Suriname - Districts" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch). 2014. p. 147. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "Cabendadorp verwelkomt initiatief voor school". Dagblad Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Cabendadorp neemt eigen ontwikkeling ter hand". Ministry of Regional Development (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 February 2021.


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