Bakhuys (also: Bakhuis) is a village in the

Kabalebo Kabalebo is a resort in Suriname, located in the Sipaliwini District. Its population at the 2012 census was 2,291. Geography Kabalebo is a resort in Suriname named after the Kabalebo River that flows through this area. Clockwise, the Kabalebo re ...

resort of the

Sipaliwini District Sipaliwini is the largest Districts of Suriname, district of Suriname, located in the south. Sipaliwini is the only district that does not have a regional capital, as it is directly administered by the national government in Paramaribo. Sipaliwini ...

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. The village is located near the

Bakhuis Mountains The Bakhuis Mountains () are a mountain range in central Suriname, spanning 110 kilometres. The mountain range form of the northern part of the Wilhelmina Mountains, and the mountains and its village were named after the Netherlands, Dutch explor ...

. Bakhuis is mainly known for its large

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mine which is exploited by Suralco. In 1995, the

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had received a $120 million upgrade and extension. The village and mountain range have been named after who led a 1901 expedition into the area. Bakhuys was part of the West Suriname Plan of the 1970s which was a large scale development plan for the Western part of Suriname and included a railway line from Bakhuys to

Apoera Apoera, also Apura, is a town in western Suriname. The village has a population of 777 people as of 2020. It owns the community of Tropica. It is the final destination of the Southern East-West Link. north-west on the other side of the Courantyn ...

. A scaled-down version was resurrected in the 1990s, but also failed to take-off. An unpaved road from Bakhuys to the Southern East-West Link was constructed. The Bakhuys Airstrip is located near the village.

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