Sarakreek is a
resort
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(≈ municipality) in the gold mining region of
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 ...
in
Suriname
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. Its population at the 2012 census was 3,076.
It is served by the
Sarakreek Airstrip. The resort is named after the eponymous
creek.
A large part of Sarakreek was flooded after the construction of the
Afobaka Dam, and the villages which were lost in 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 ...
were resettled in
Marshallkreek and
Tapoeripa.
Villages in the resort include:
Baikutu, Duwatra,
Lebidoti, and
Zoewatta.
Flooded villages include:
Abontjeman and
Ganzee.
Koffiekamp
The
federation
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of Koffiekamp was among the lost villages, and consisted of three settlements: Maipa-ondo of the misidjan lo of clan founded in 1793, Baka Mbuju of the Njanfai-lo of clan, and
Maria Hartmann founded Koffiekamp in 1851. Koffiekamp was located at the confluence of the Sara Creek and the
Suriname River.
References
External links
Resorts of Suriname
Populated places in Brokopondo District
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