Coeroeni Explained

Official Name:Coeroeni
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 Km2:33133
Population As Of:2012
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:1,046
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-3

Coeroeni is a resort in Suriname, located in the Sipaliwini District. Its population at the 2012 census was 1,046. The resort is mainly inhabited by indigenous people[1] of the Tiriyó tribe.[2] Kwamalasamutu is the main village of the resort and home to the granman (paramount chief) Asongo Alalaparu.

The resort was created in 1983 out of Nickerie as a tribal area.[3] The disputed area of south-west Suriname known as Tigri Area belongs to the Coeroeni resort.Web site: Suriname, Guyana in Dispute Over Mineral-Rich Land. Atlanta Black Star. 12 May 2014. 25 May 2020.

Villages

The resort is also home to villages which are only inhabited part of the time.[4]

Kamani

Kamani is a border village. It was founded in 2008 by people from Kwamalasamutu.[5] The population as of 2009 was 6 people.[6] The location is 2.5681°N -57.0083°W.

Nature

See main article: Sipaliwini Savanna. The Sipaliwini Savanna is a 100,000 hectare nature reserve. It has been a protected area since 1972. The majority of the reserve consists of a savannah which in turn is a continuation of the Brazilian Tumucumaque Mountains National Park. The reserve is in pristine condition with almost no human habitation.[7] This reserve is one of the last frontiers in the tropics, however relatively little is known about the region.[8] The savannah is where the blue poison dart frog was discovered in 1969.[9]

Archaeology

The Werehpai archaeological site, which consists of caves containing petroglyphs of pre-Columbian origin, is located about 10 kilometres from Kwamalasamutu.[10] On the Sipaliwini Savanna relics were discovered of human habitation dating from about 6000 BC.[11]

References

2.8461°N -56.545°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Resorts in Suriname Census 2012. 18 May 2020.
  2. Web site: DORPSPLAN KWAMALASAMUTU 2011–2014. Institute for Graduate Studies and Research (IGSR). 27 May 2020. nl. 15 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200615185452/http://www.igsr.sr/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/DORPSPLAN-Kwamala-2011.pdf. dead.
  3. Web site: Districtenindeling Suriname - herstel oude grenzen district Nickerie. nickerie.net. 17 June 2020. nl.
  4. Web site: Planning Office Suriname - Districts. Planning Office Suriname. nl. 23 May 2020.
  5. Amotopoan trails : a recent archaeology of Trio movements - Page 5. University of Leiden. 26 September 2012. Leiden University. 15 June 2020.
  6. Book: Carlin . Eithne B. . Van Goethem . Diederik . 2009 . In the Shadow of the Tiger: The Amerindians of Suriname . Amsterdam . KIT Publishers . 978-9460220-265.
  7. Web site: Natuurreservaten Suriname. Reisgraag. 16 June 2020. nl.
  8. Web site: Community Ecology and Phylogeography of Bats in the Guianan Savannas of Northern South America. Burton Kim & Thomas E. Lee Jr. 2018. 17 June 2020. MDPI.
  9. Web site: Zoology. Sipaliwini Savanna. 16 June 2020.
  10. Book: https://bioone.org/ebooks/RAP-Bulletin-of-Biological-Assessment/A-Rapid-Biological-Assessment-of-the-Kwamalasamutu-region-Southwestern-Suriname/Chapter/A-Survey-of-the-Large-Mammal-Fauna-of-the-Kwamalasamutu/10.1896/054.063.0115. A Survey of the Large Mammal Fauna of the Kwamalasamutu Region, Suriname. A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Kwamalasamutu Region, Southwestern Suriname. October 2012. 150. 10.1896/054.063.0115. 16 June 2020. nl. Gajapersad. Krisna. MacKintosh. Angelique. Benitez. Angelica. Payán. Esteban. rbba. Conservation International .
  11. Web site: My Beloved Nickerie. 17 June 2020. Nickerie.com.