Nieuw-Koffiekamp

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Nieuw-Koffiekamp
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Nieuw-Koffiekamp
Coordinates: 5°4′31″N55°12′44″W / 5.07528°N 55.21222°W / 5.07528; -55.21222
CountryFlag of Suriname.svg  Suriname
District Brokopondo District
Resort Brownsweg
Government
 • CaptainHermanus Shalwijk (2019) [1]
Population
 (2017) [2] : 20 
 • Total300
Time zone UTC-3 (AST)

Nieuw-Koffiekamp is a village in the resort of Brownsweg in the Brokopondo District of Suriname. It is a transmigration village built for the inhabitants of Koffiekamp which was flooded by the Brokopondo Reservoir after the construction of the Afobaka Dam. [3]

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History

The transmigration village of Nieuw-Koffiekamp was founded in 1964, because the village of Koffiekamp was going to be flooded by the Brokopondo Reservoir. Koffiekamp was a federation of three settlements of the Ndyuka maroons: Maipa-ondo of the Misidjan lo (clan) founded in 1793, Baka Mbuju of the Njanfai lo, and Maria Hartmann founded Koffiekamp in 1851 as a mission of the Moravian Church. [4] The population was estimated at 500 inhabitants. [5]

Overview

Nieuw-Koffiekamp contains a school and a medical centre. It has access to the electricity grid. [6] The village is connected to the road network. [2] : 21  The number of inhabitants of the village varies greatly. The official figure in 2017 was 300, however the village council estimated the population at around 500. [2] : 20 

Gold mining conflict

The economy is mainly based on gold mining. Most of the villagers used to work at the Roma Pit. In 1994 the concession was awarded to Iamgold. [7] In mid-2010, the company started to exploit the mine and removed the goldprospectors from the mine. The people were given a new area which contained significantly less gold. [8] After protests, a contract was signed with Iamgold in 2017 which permitted the villagers to remain in the Roma Pit. [9] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Kapitein Shalwijk: overheid moet weg asfalteren en niet Iamgold Rosebel Goldmines". Suriname Herald (in Dutch). 28 June 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "De bloeiende toekomst van Brokopondo" (PDF). Rosebel Gold Mines (in Dutch). 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  3. ↑ Kempen, Michiel van (2002). Een geschiedenis van de Surinaamse literatuur. Deel 2 (in Dutch). Paramaribo: Okopipi. p. 114. ISBN   9991464069 . Retrieved 15 July 2022– via Digital Library for Dutch Literature.
  4. ↑ "Koffiekamp in historisch perspectief". Werkgroep Caraïbische Letteren (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Week number 64-18". Open Beelden (in Dutch). Polygoon. 1 May 1964. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Regionaal Plan Brokopondo" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch). 2015. pp. 12, 15, 18.
  7. 1 2 Ine Apapoe (9 December 2020). "Maroons and Indigenous people in Suriname: the struggle for land rights". The Global Americas. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Tweede transmigratie dorpelingen nieuw koffiekamp niet uitgesloten". United News.sr (in Dutch). 11 February 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "Iamgold staat Roma Pit af aan Nieuw Koffiekamp". Starnieuws (in Dutch). 14 November 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
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