Botopasi, also spelled Boto-Pasi, is a
Saamaka village in
Suriname
Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. It is a developing country with a Human Development Index, high level of human development; i ...
. The village had a population of about 740 people in 2001.
The villages has a school, clinic and a church. The resources of the village are shared with the nearby village of Debiki.
A holiday resort is located near by.
Botopasi is a village on the
Suriname River
The Suriname River ( Dutch: ''Surinamerivier'') is long and flows through the country of Suriname. Its sources are located in the Guiana Highlands on the border between the Wilhelmina Mountains and the Eilerts de Haan Mountains (where it is kn ...
, reachable by boat from
Pokigron which is the
end of the road. Villages to the south of Pokigron can only be accessed by boat. Near the village is the
Botopasi Airstrip.
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Populated places in Sipaliwini District
Saramaka settlements
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