Official Name: | Corneliskondre |
Pushpin Map: | Suriname |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Suriname |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Suriname |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Sipaliwini District |
Subdivision Type2: | Resort (municipality) |
Subdivision Name2: | Boven Coppename |
Leader Title: | Captain |
Leader Name: | Jules April |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 75 |
Coordinates: | 5.3456°N -56.1442°W |
Corneliskondre is a village in Suriname, located in the Boven Coppename resort of Sipaliwini District. It has a population of 70 as of 2020, and is inhabited by indigenous people of the Kalina tribe.[1]
Corneliskondre has been named after Cornelis Tapopi, the chief who founded the village. Catholic missionaries first visited the village in 1883.[2]
The village has a school,[3] and a holiday resort near the Wayambo River. The clinic in the village is operated by the Mungra Medical Centre in Nieuw-Nickerie.[4]