Coeroeni is a
resort
A resort (North American English) is a self-contained commercial establishment that aims to provide most of a vacationer's needs. This includes food, drink, swimming, accommodation, sports, entertainment and shopping, on the premises. A hotel ...
in
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
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 ...
. Its population at the 2012 census was 1,046. The resort is mainly inhabited by indigenous people
of the
Tiriyó tribe.
is the main village of the resort and home to the
granman (paramount chief)
Asongo Alalaparu.
The resort was created in 1983 out of
Nickerie as a tribal area. The disputed area of south-west Suriname known as
Tigri Area belongs to the Coeroeni resort.
Villages
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Alalapadu
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Amatopo
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Kasuela (disputed)
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Kuruni
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Kwamalasamutu
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Sakuru (disputed)
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Sipaliwini Savanna
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Vier Gebroeders
The resort is also home to villages which are only inhabited part of the time.
Kamani
Kamani is a border village. It was founded in 2008 by people from Kwamalasamutu.
The population as of 2009 was 6 people. The location is .
Nature
The Sipaliwini Savanna is a 100,000 hectare
nature reserve
A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geologic ...
. It has been a protected area since 1972. The majority of the reserve consists of a
savannah
A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach th ...
which in turn is a continuation of the
Brazil
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ian
Tumucumaque Mountains National Park. The reserve is in pristine condition with almost no human habitation. This reserve is one of the last frontiers in the tropics, however relatively little is known about the region. The savannah is where the
blue poison dart frog
The blue poison dart frog or blue poison arrow frog (''Dendrobates tinctorius'' "azureus") is a poison dart frog found in the "forest islands" surrounded by the Sipaliwini Savanna in southern Suriname. Its indigenous Tiriyó language, Tiriyo na ...
was discovered in 1969.
Archaeology
The
Werehpai archaeological site
An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or recorded history, historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline ...
, which consists of caves containing
petroglyphs
A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions ...
of
pre-Columbian
In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era, also known as the pre-contact era, or as the pre-Cabraline era specifically in Brazil, spans from the initial peopling of the Americas in the Upper Paleolithic to the onset of European col ...
origin, is located about 10 kilometres from Kwamalasamutu. On the Sipaliwini Savanna relics were discovered of human habitation dating from about 6000 BC.
Notes
References
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Resorts of Suriname
Populated places in Sipaliwini District