Official Name: | Boven Coppename |
Settlement Type: | Resort |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Suriname |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Sipaliwini District |
Area Total Km2: | 15,839 |
Population As Of: | 2012 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 539 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | AST |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Boven Coppename is a resort in Suriname, located in the Sipaliwini District. Its population at the 2012 census was 539.[1] The resort is mainly inhabited by indigenous people[2] of the Tiriyó, and Maroons of the Kwinti tribe.[3] The main village is Bitagron. Other villages include Corneliskondre and Donderskamp.
The area is covered with a high dry land forest and mist forests at high altitudes.[4] The resort is home to the Emma Range, a mountainous range located between the drainage basin of the Saramacca and the Coppename River.[5] The highest mountain in Suriname, Julianatop is located in Boven Coppename.[6]