Official Name: | Marshallkreek |
Settlement Type: | Resort |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Suriname |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Brokopondo District |
Area Total Km2: | 354 |
Population As Of: | 2012 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1,171 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | AST |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Coordinates: | 5.2636°N -55.0811°W |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Af |
Marshallkreek (also Marchallkreek) is a resort in Suriname, located in the Brokopondo District. Its population at the 2012 census was 1,171.[1] The resort and town are named after Captain Marshall who first settled Suriname in 1630.[2]
The resort contains the following villages: Koinakondre, Laizang Kondre, Marshallkreek, Phedra, and Rama.[3] There are two schools: one in Marshallkreek and one near the Avobakaweg.[3] Medische Zending operates a clinic in Marshallkreek and Phedra.[4]
The former plantation Phedra is the agricultural centre of the resort.[3] In 1960, a palm oil plantation was based in Phedra,[5] however the Surinamese Interior War and lethal yellowing resulted in the closure of the factory in Victoria, Klaaskreek in 1996.[6] Marshallkreek was one of the transmigration villages for the inhabitants of Sarakreek which were flooded after the construction of the Afobaka Dam.[7]