Official Name: | Johanna Maria |
Settlement Type: | Resort |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Suriname |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Coronie District |
Area Total Km2: | 1586 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 648 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | AST |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Johanna Maria is a town and resort in Suriname, located in the Coronie District. Its population at the 2012 census was 648.[1] The town is named the cotton plantation Johanna Maria founded in 1801[2] which was owned by Johanna Maria Christina van Onna from 1863 onwards.[3] The coast line subject to flooding and erosion caused by the degradation of the mangrove forests. Plans have been drawn up to construct a 12 kilometre long dike near the coast.
Johanna Maria has a school, and clinic, but the area from Clyde to Burnside has no electricity, or telephone.[4] In 1970 the Krioro Masanga was built in Johanna Maria, a multi purpose information and recreation building with a theatre and a library.[5]