Official Name: | Marijkedorp |
Other Name: | Wan Shi Sha |
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: | Marowijne District |
Subdivision Type2: | Resort |
Subdivision Name2: | Albina |
Leader Title: | Captain |
Leader Name: | Grace Watamaleo |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 310 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 5.5071°N -54.0526°W |
Marijkedorp (Lokono: Wan Shi Sha) is a village of indigenous Lokono people[1] in the Albina resort of the Marowijne District of Suriname. Grace Watamaleo has been the village captain since 2011.[2]
In the 1970s, Albina and Marijkedorp started become a single urban area.[3] Marijkedorp is depended on Albina for education and healthcare. The Lokono language has nearly disappeared from Marijkedorp and replaced by Dutch. In 2021, an initiative was launched to revitalise the language.[4]
Marijkedorp and the village of Alfonsdorp are in an ongoing dispute over the Wanekreek Nature Reserve, as both consider it part of their traditional hunting and fishing grounds.[5] The reserve has not been inhabited since the 1950s.[6]