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Village in Sipaliwini District, Suriname From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nieuw Jacobkondre (also Njoeng Jacob Kondre or just Jacobkondre) is a town in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. It is situated on the Saramacca River. The village is inhabited by Matawai people.[1]
Nieuw Jacobkondre | |
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Village | |
![]() Nieuw Jacobkondre (1890) | |
Coordinates: 4.93333°N 55.5333°W | |
Country | ![]() |
District | Sipaliwini District |
Resort (municipality) | Boven Saramacca |
The village of Jacobkondre was founded in the 1860s by Jacob Tooti.[2] The original village was deserted around 1910, and a new settlement was built nearby.[3]
The village has a school, clinic, and church.[1] In 2014, a police station was opened in Nieuw Jacobkondre, because of increased crime at the nearby gold mines and the garimpero (illegal gold miner) village of Villa Brazil.[4]
Nieuw Jacobkondre can be reached via an unpaved road which connects to the Southern East-West Link and from there to the rest of the country.[5] The Njoeng Jacob Kondre Airstrip also serves Nieuw Jacobkondre.[6]
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