Moitaki is a
Ndyuka village in 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 ...
of
Suriname
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. The village is inhabited by the Misidyan clan or ''lo''. The late
gaanman Gazon Matodya was born in Moitaki.
Moitaki is situated near the Gran Olo rapids between the village of
Yawsa further upstream and
Puketi further downstream.
Energy
Between 1985 and 1987, electricity was provided by an
overhead power line
An overhead power line is a structure used in electric power transmission and distribution to transmit electrical energy along large distances. It consists of one or more conductors (commonly multiples of three) suspended by towers or poles. ...
connected to the
Puketi hydroelectric power plant. After this power plant stopped working during 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 ...
there have been attempts to rehabilitate the facility, but after a university delegation in 2003 and 2004 investigated the possibilities for hydroelectric power in the region, the Ministry for Regional Development decided to instead fund the construction of a larger
hydroelectric power plant at the Gran Olo rapids nearby. Although it will initially only power
Puketi and
Futupasi, the plan is to eventually connect Moitaki to the grid as well.
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References
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{{Surinamese District Sipaliwini
Ndyuka settlements
Populated places in Sipaliwini District