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