Official Name: | Cabendadorp |
Other Name: | Kabenda dorp |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Suriname |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Suriname |
Subdivision Name1: | Para District |
Subdivision Type2: | Resort |
Subdivision Name2: | Zuid |
Leader Title: | Captain |
Leader Name: | Jeane Kabenda |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1974 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 330 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | AST |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Coordinates: | 5.3853°N -55.1589°W |
Cabendadorp (also Kabenda dorp[1]) is an indigenous village of Kalina[1] Amerindians in the resort of Zuid in the Para District in Suriname. The village is located on the Avobakaweg south of the Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport.[2]
The village was founded in 1974 by Joseph Cabenda who served as village chief until his death in 2012.[3]
The village is home to Leo Julius Toenaé whose family produces pottery, and who was known as a story teller.[4]
Cabendadorp has a clinic.[5] As of 2020, there is no school and the children have to take the bus to neighbouring Powakka and Zanderij.[6] The village has been allocated 4,375 hectares of communal land.[7] The village chief as of 2020 is Jeane Kabenda.[1]