The Oronoque River is a river in

Guyana Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic British West Indies. entry "Guyana" Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the co ...

and a tributary of the New River. The river is located in the

Tigri Area The Tigri Area () or New River Triangle is a forested area in the East Berbice-Corentyne region of Guyana that has been disputed by Suriname since the 19th century. In Suriname, it is seen as an integral part of the Coeroeni Resort located i ...

which is disputed between Guyana and

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 source was discovered in September 1936, and is considered the international boundary with

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. The Oronoque River was the location where border tensions between Guyana and Suriname started in 1967. A group of Surinamese work men had arrived at Camp Oronoque, a camp which had been established in

British Guiana British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies. It was located on the northern coast of South America. Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana. The first known Europeans to encounter Guia ...

during a 1936 Surinamese expedition, to investigate the possibility of creating a reservoir. On 12 December 1967, four armed men of the

police force landed and told the workers to leave Camp Oronoque which marked the beginning of the Tigri conflict, and resulted in an armed encounter at Camp Tigri. Even though the river flows through an uninhabited area of rain forest, some illegal gold mining has taken place along the river.

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* Rivers of Guyana Rivers of Suriname Rivers of the Tigri Area {{Suriname-river-stub