Jaw Jaw Explained

Official Name:Jaw Jaw
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Suriname
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Suriname
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Suriname
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Sipaliwini District
Subdivision Type2:Resort
Subdivision Name2:Boven Suriname
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:ca. 400
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:4.4253°N -55.3728°W

Jaw Jaw, also Yaw Yaw, is a village of Saamaka Maroons in the Boven Suriname resort of the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. The village is located on the Suriname River.

Jaw Jaw is a transmigration village built for the inhabitants of Lombé which was flooded by the Brokopondo Reservoir after the construction of the Afobaka Dam. The village was built in 1964 on a site which had been previously used for coconut production. Some of the original inhabitants of Lombé founded Nieuw Lombé near Berg en Dal.[2] Originally the village was home to 700 people, but in 1976, the population was estimated at several hundred, because many inhabitants had left for the city.

The village has a school, a clinic, and a Roman Catholic church. There is an ecotourism resort on Isadou, an island in the Suriname River across from the village.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Omgeving - Isadou - Suriname. Isadou. nl. 4 July 2020.
  2. Web site: Lombe. Parbode. 2 June 2010. 4 July 2020. nl.
  3. Web site: Jaw Jaw Isadou. Suriname Tour. 4 July 2020. nl.