Warnakomoponafaja

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Warnakomoponafaja
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Warnakomoponafaja (far left) on a 1917 map
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Warnakomoponafaja
Location in Suriname
Coordinates: 4°40′21″N55°34′48″W / 4.67250°N 55.58000°W / 4.67250; -55.58000
Country Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname
District Sipaliwini District
Resort (municipality) Boven Saramacca
Elevation
246 ft (75 m)
Time zone UTC-3

Warnakomoponafaja is a village in Boven Saramacca municipality (resort) in Sipaliwini District in Suriname. [1]

The name of the village means "the hare who arrived from the fire". When the village was founded, a fire was made near the hole of a hare, and suddenly the hare escaped through the flames. The estimated population of the village in 1904 was about 80 people, and there were many fruit trees in the village. [2] As of 2014, the village is not listed on the settlements in Boven Saramacca, and has probably been abandoned. [3]

Nearby towns and villages include Makajapingo (2.0 nm), Tabrikiekondre (5.1 nm), La Valere (16.6 nm), Baikutu (17.4 nm), Stonkoe (1.4 nm) and Mofina (1.0 nm).

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References

  1. ↑ "Warnakomoponafaja". Map Landia. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  2. ↑ A. J. van Stockum (1905). Een ontdekkingstocht in de binnenlanden van Suriname dagboek van de Saramaccaexpeditie (in Dutch). Amsterdam: G. P. Tierie. p. 319. Warna (=hare) Komop (=Come Up) Ona (=Out of) Faja (=Fire)
  3. ↑ "Structuur Analyse" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch). p. 174. Retrieved 7 June 2020.


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