Asidonhopo is a Saramaka village in the Sipaliwini District of

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. Asidonhopo is the residence of the

paramount chief A paramount chief is the English-language designation for the highest-level political leader in a regional or local polity or country administered politically with a chief-based system. This term is used occasionally in anthropological and arc ...

or gaanman of the Saramaca. The succession of gaanman Belfon Aboikoni, who died in June 2014, has not been decided as of 2018. There are three candidates, but no agreement between the clans. The decision was forwarded to President Dési Bouterse, however he decided that the clans have to reach a compromise themselves.

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Populated places in Sipaliwini District Saramaka settlements {{Suriname-geo-stub