Manlobi Malobi | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Place of sacrifice at Manlobi (1903) | |
  Manlobi | |
| Coordinates: 4°16′05″N54°29′56″W / 4.268056°N 54.498889°W Coordinates: 4°16′05″N54°29′56″W / 4.268056°N 54.498889°W | |
| Country |  Suriname |
| District | Sipaliwini District |
| Resort | Tapanahony |
| Government | |
| • Captain | Alikani Godo [1] |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (AST) |
Manlobi (also: Malobi [2] ) is a village of Ndyuka Maroons in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. The village is located on an island in the Tapanahony River. [1]
Manlobi was built by runaway slaves from the plantations. [3] In 1797, it was reported that there was a village on this location. [4]
Manlobi has a school, and a Methodist church. [2] In 2010, a communication mast was placed on the Berayu mountain near the village, providing the village with mobile phone access. [5]
In 2007, Freedom Resources, a gold mining company, procured a large concession on the left shore of the river and built a settlement near the landing ground with a supermarket. [6] The mining activities have attracted skalians, illegal gold dredges, who pollute the river with mercury. [1]
In 2009, the short documentary Trypps #6 by Ben Russell was shot in Manlobi. [7]
Brokopondo is a district of Suriname. Its capital city is Brokopondo; other towns include Brownsweg and Kwakoegron.
Sipaliwini is the largest district of Suriname, located in the south. Sipaliwini is the only district that does not have a regional capital, as it is directly administered by the national government in Paramaribo.
Brokopondo is the capital town of the Brokopondo District, Suriname. It is located on the west shore of the Suriname river, just north of the Afobaka dam. Brokopondo can be reached via the Afobakaweg from Paranam to Afobaka.
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Pikin Saron is an indigenous village of Kalina Amerindians in the resort of Zuid in the Para District in Suriname. The village can be accessed from the Southern East-West Link, and is located on the Saramacca River.
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Villa Brazil is a garimpeiros village in the Boven Saramacca resort of the Sipaliwini District of Suriname.
Sara Creek is a former tributary of the Suriname River located in the Para District of Suriname. After the completion of the Afobaka Dam in 1964, the Sara Creek flows into the Brokopondo Reservoir. In 1876, gold was discovered along the Sara Creek, and a railway line from Paramaribo to the river was completed in 1911.
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