Palasisi Mapahpan | |
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  Palasisi Location in French Guiana | |
| Coordinates: 3°17′27″N54°5′1″W / 3.29083°N 54.08361°W | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas region | French Guiana |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni |
| Commune | Maripasoula |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Total | 15 [1] |
Palasisi, also named Mapahpan or Palassisi, is a Wayana village on an island in the Litani River. [2] [1] [3] The village was founded by Wayanas who emigrated from Brazil. [3]
Palasisi means "white man" in the Wayana language and is usually reserved for the French. [4] Wapahpan means "place of the Wapa tree". [2]
Palasisi lies about 700 m (2,300 ft) downstream the Litani River from the village of Pëleya and 1.5 km (0.93 mi) upstream the Litani River from the village of Antecume Pata.
The Aluku are a Bushinengue ethnic group living mainly on the riverbank in Maripasoula in southwest French Guiana. The group are sometimes called Boni, referring to the 18th-century leader, Bokilifu Boni.
The Litani or Itany is a river which forms part of the boundary between Suriname and French Guiana. It is a tributary, or the upper course, of the Maroni. The boundary is disputed, with Suriname also claiming land to the east of the river.
Maripasoula is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. With a land area of 18,360 km2 (7,090 sq mi), Maripasoula is the largest commune of France.
Papaichton is a commune in the overseas region and department of French Guiana. The village lies on the shores of the Lawa River. Papaichton is served by the Maripasoula Airport.
Pilima, also known as Pidima, is a Wayana village situated on the Litani River in French Guiana.
The Wayampi or Wayãpi are an indigenous people located in the south-eastern border area of French Guiana at the confluence of Camopi and Oyapock rivers, and the basins of the Amapari and Carapanatuba Rivers in the central part of the states of Amapá and Pará in Brazil. The number of Wayampi is approximately 2,171 individuals. Approximately 950 live in French Guiana in two main settlements surrounded by little hamlets, and 1,221 live in Brazil in 49 villages.
The Wayana are a Carib-speaking people located in the south-eastern part of the Guiana highlands, a region divided between Brazil, Surinam, and French Guiana. In 1980, when the last census took place, the Wayana numbered some 1,500 individuals, of which 150 in Brazil, among the Apalai, 400 in Surinam, and 1,000 in French Guiana, along the Maroni River. About half of them still speak their original language.
Granman is the title of the paramount chief of a Maroon nation in Suriname and French Guiana. The Ndyuka, Saramaka, Matawai, Aluku, Paramaka and Kwinti nations all have a granman. The paramount chiefs of Amerindian peoples in Suriname are nowadays also often called granman.
André Cognat, also known as Antecume, is the French chief of a wayana tribe in Antecume Pata, French Guiana, France.
Antecume Pata is a village in French Guiana, France. It was founded by André Cognat, a Lyon-born Wayana tribal chief. It is home to a nursery and primary state school.
Kulumuli, also known by the name Twenkë, is a Wayana village situated on an island in the Lawa River in French Guiana. Kulumuli is the residence of the granman of the Wayana in French Guiana.
Élahé, also known by the names Malipahpan and Maripahpan, is a Wayana village on the Tampok River in French Guiana. A minority of Teko also live in the village.
Kayodé or Cayodé is a Teko and Wayana village on the Tampok River in French Guiana.
Talhuwen, also spelt as Taluwen, Taluhen and Taluen, is a Wayana village situated on the Lawa River in French Guiana.
Epoja, also known as Opoya, is a Wayana village situated on the Lawa River in French Guiana.
Pëleya, also spelt as Péléa, is a Wayana village on an island in the Litani River.
Palimino is a Wayana village on the Litani River.
Kumakahpan is a Wayana village in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. The village lies on the banks of the Lawa River, which forms the border with French Guiana.
Knopaiamoi is a mountain in Suriname at 504 metres (1,654 ft). It is part of the Tumuk Humak Mountains and is located in the Sipaliwini District. The mountain is located in the South-eastern corner of Suriname near the borders with French Guiana and Brazil. It was discovered in 1861 by a joint French-Dutch border expedition and originally named Piton Vidal after Gomer Vidal, the leader of the French delegation of the expedition. At first they failed to climb the mountain, and most of the team went on, however Vidal and Keppler stayed behind to give it a second change.
Boniville is a village of Aluku Maroons in the commune of Papaïchton located on the Lawa River in French Guiana.
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