Klaaskreek is a

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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 ...

, located in the

Brokopondo District Brokopondo is a district of Suriname. Its capital city is Brokopondo; other towns include Brownsweg and Kwakoegron. The district has a population of 15,909, and an area of 7,364 square kilometres. History The Brokopondo district was established ...

. Its population at the 2012 census was 2,124. Located northeast of Brokopondo, the main town is Reinsdorp. In 2007, a technical training centre in biological agriculture was established at Klaaskreek to teach locals about enhancing agriculture in the area.

History

Around 1860 an expedition led by J. Rosenberg set out to discover

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. Even though some gold was discovered near Victoria, the government decided not to pursue the matter. Rosenberg however persisted, established the ''New-York and Surinam Company'', and finally received a concession in 1870. The company failed to meet its objectives, and the concession was nullified in 1874. Klaaskreek is situated in the proximity of the

Brokopondo Reservoir The Brokopondo Reservoir, officially named Professor Doctor Ingenieur W. J. van Blommestein Meer, and also called the Brokopondostuwmeer, is a large reservoir in Suriname. It is named after the Surakarta-born Dutch hydrological engineer . With a ...

. In 1958 Klaaskreek was designated as one of the transmigration towns for the inhabitants of the area that was flooded after the construction of the Afobaka Dam, and the main settlement for people from Ganzee. Klaaskreek is a

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area mainly inhabited by

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. Klaaskreek has a school, police station,

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company., river

, and a beach called Benastrand.

Medische Zending Medische Zending Primary Health Care Suriname, commonly known as Medische Zending (Dutch language, Dutch for "medical mission") or MZ is a Surinamese charitable organization offering primary healthcare to remote villages in the interior of Suriname ...

operates a clinic in the town.

Towns

Other villages in the resort include Berg en Dal, Kapasikélé, Njun Lombe, Mujékiki, and Reinsdorp. In 1960, an agriculture pilot project was started in Brokobaka, Centrum. The project led to a

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plantation and factory in the former plantation of Victoria. however the

Surinamese Interior War The Surinamese Interior War () was a civil war fought in eastern Suriname between 1986 and 1992. The conflict primarily involved the Jungle Commando, a rebel group composed largely of Saramaka (Maroon) fighters and led by former soldier Ronnie ...

and

lethal yellowing Lethal yellowing (LY) is a phytoplasma disease that attacks many species of palms, including some commercially important species, such as the coconut and date palm. In the Caribbean, it is spread by the planthopper '' Haplaxius crudus'' (former ...

resulted in the closure of the factory in 1996.

References

{{Surinamese District Brokopondo Resorts of Suriname Populated places in Brokopondo District