Boven Coppename Explained

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.

Nature

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]

References

4.5381°N -56.2555°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Planning Office Suriname - Districts. Planning Office Suriname. nl. 23 May 2020.
  2. Web site: Resorts in Suriname Census 2012. 27 May 2020. 23 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211223031229/https://spangstaging.com/2019/abs/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/census8etn.pdf. dead.
  3. Book: Migge . Bettina . Léglise . Isabelle . 2013 . Exploring Language in a Multilingual Context: Variation, Interaction and Ideology in Language Documentation . New York . Cambridge University Press.
  4. Web site: De natuurwetenschappelijke expeditie naar de emmaketen in Suriname, juli-oktober 1959. 1959. Naturalis. 14 February 2021. nl.
  5. News: Militairen banen weg naar expeditie in Suriname. Haarlem's Dagblad via Delpher. 11 June 1959. 14 February 2021. nl.
  6. Web site: Surinaamse vlag wappert op de Juliana Top. Waterkant. 29 May 2020. nl.