Lensidede Explained

Official Name:	Lensidede
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:	Tapanahony
Leader Title:	Captain
Leader Name:	Akoewi Kanaido
Population As Of:	2022
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Total:	50
Population Blank1 Title:	Ethnicities
Coordinates:	4.0266°N -54.3327°W

Lensidede or Lessé Dédé, is a Surinamese village on an island in the Lawa River, near the Lensidede rapids after which the village was named. In the village live Wayana people.

History

The Lawa River forms the border between Suriname and French Guiana, and islands are ambiguous. Both France and Suriname claimed the village.^[2] In 2021, the islands in the river were demarcated.^[3] Lensidede has been placed in Suriname under the authority of, the Surinamese chief of the Lawa River.^{[4] [5]}

References

• Book: Heemskerk . Marieke . Delvoye . Katia . Noordam . Dirk . Teunissen . Pieter . 2007 . Wayana Baseline Study: A sustainable livelihoods perspective on the Wayana Indigenous Peoples living in and around Puleowime (Apetina), Palumeu, and Kawemhakan (Anapaike) in Southeast Suriname . Paramaribo . Stichting Amazon Conservation Team-Suriname .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dorpen en Dorpsbesturen. Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden in Suriname. nl. 22 June 2022.
2. News: Nieuwe buitenboordmotor voor stamhoofd Wayana’s . Suriname Herald . 22 June 2022 . nl.
3. News: Formalization of the border demarcation agreement between France and Suriname on the Maroni and Lawa Rivers . 16 March 2021 .
4. Web site: Ipomadi Pelenapin . Mulokot . 22 June 2022.
5. Web site: Protocol tussen Rep. Suriname en Franse Rep. op de regeling van de Grens tussen Suriname en Frans Guyana verdrag . Office of the President of Suriname . 25 August 2021 . 11 . nl. "Voorbeelden zijn Akalima, Jamaica, Lincedede, eilanden die ten oosten van de middellijn, in principe tot Frans grondgebied gerekend zouden moeten worden, maar waar de signatuur volledig Surinaams is."
   "Examples are Akalima, Jamaica, Lincedede, islands which are to the East of the middle of the river, ought have been part of France in principle, but whose signature is completely Surinamese..