Sipaliwini River is a river of
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 main source of the
Courantyne River
The Courantyne River ( ), also known as Corentyne and Corantijn (), is a river in northern South America in Suriname and Guyana. It is the longest List of rivers of Suriname, river in the country and creates the border between Suriname and the Eas ...
. It gives its name to the village of
Sipaliwini Savanna and to 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 ...
. It flows through the village of
Kwamalasamutu. The name translates to
thornback ray (''sipari'') river in the local Maroon dialect.
See also
*
List of rivers of Suriname
References
*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
Rivers of Suriname
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