Kajana (also spelled Cajana and Kayana) is a village in
Sipaliwini District,
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 ...
. It lies on the Gaan-lio (
Gran Rio), which together with the
Pikin Rio (Little Rio) forms the
Suriname River. The population call themselves Kadosi-nengre after Cardoso who was the owner of the
plantation
Plantations are farms specializing in cash crops, usually mainly planting a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. Plantations, centered on a plantation house, grow crops including cotton, cannabis, tob ...
they ran away from. The village is home to
Maroons
Maroons are descendants of Africans in the Americas and islands of the Indian Ocean who escaped from slavery, through flight or manumission, and formed their own settlements. They often mixed with Indigenous peoples, eventually evolving into ...
of the
Saramaka
The Saramaka, Saamaka or Saramacca are one of six Maroon (people), Maroon peoples (formerly called "Bush Negroes") in the Republic of Suriname and one of the Maroon peoples in French Guiana. In 2007, the Saramaka won a ruling by the Inter-Ameri ...
tribe.
The town has a population of about 200 people.
The town has a first-aid medical center,
a radio station called Radio Thijs, a primary school,
and a locally owned kindergarten. Kajana is served by
Cayana Airstrip.
Healthcare
Kajana is home to a
Medische Zending healthcare centre.
See also
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Kajana Sign Language
References
External links
Populated places in Sipaliwini District
Saramaka settlements
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