Corneliskondre

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Corneliskondre
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Corneliskondre
Location in Suriname
Coordinates: 5°20′44″N56°8′39″W / 5.34556°N 56.14417°W / 5.34556; -56.14417
Country Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname
District Sipaliwini District
Resort (municipality) Boven Coppename
Government
  CaptainJules April [1]
Population
 (2022) [1]
  Total75

Corneliskondre is a village in Suriname, located in the Boven Coppename resort of Sipaliwini District. It has a population of 70 as of 2020, and is inhabited by indigenous people of the Kalina tribe. [1]

Corneliskondre has been named after Cornelis Tapopi, the chief who founded the village. Catholic missionaries first visited the village in 1883. [2]

The village has a school, [3] and a holiday resort near the Wayambo River. The clinic in the village is operated by the Mungra Medical Centre in Nieuw-Nickerie. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dorpen en Dorpsbesturen". Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden in Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  2. Wim P.A. Desserjer (1985). "De Caraib-Indianen aan de Wayombo en de missie". Oso (in Dutch). p. 123. Retrieved 14 February 2021.{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  3. "Structuur Analyse" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  4. "Het gedwongen vertrek van de Medische Zending uit West-Suriname". Omhoog (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 February 2021.

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Coordinates: 5°20′44″N56°8′39″W / 5.34556°N 56.14417°W / 5.34556; -56.14417