Official Name: | Witagron |
Other Name: | Bitagron |
Pushpin Map: | Suriname |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Suriname |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Suriname |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Sipaliwini District |
Subdivision Type2: | Resort (municipality) |
Subdivision Name2: | Boven Coppename |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Coordinates: | 5.1642°N -56.0758°W |
Witagron (or Bitagron) is a Kwinti village in Suriname on the Coppename River at the crossing of the Southern East-West Link from Paramaribo to Apoera in West-Suriname.
In the local language Bitagron means 'Land of my forefathers'.[1] Witagron is the residence of the Kwinti granman.
In 1975-76 a Bailey bridge was built across the river to replace the pontoon ferry.
In 1987, during the Surinamese Interior War, Witagron was partially destroyed. After the war, the village was rebuilt by the Stichting Wederopbouw Witagron with aid from the United Nations Development Program. The village is on an important location, because it is the gateway to Central Suriname Nature Reserve, and near the Raleigh Falls which are a major tourist attraction.[2]
Witagron is home to a Medische Zending healthcare centre.[3]