Official Name: | Moengotapoe |
Settlement Type: | Resort |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Suriname |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Marowijne District |
Area Total Km2: | 455 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 579 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | AST |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Elevation M: | 6 |
Moengotapoe is a resort in Suriname, located in the Marowijne District. Its population at the 2012 census was 579.[1]
The village of Moengotapoe was not spared during the Surinamese Interior War, because it was the home of Brunswijk at the time.[2] On 22 July 1986, Brunswijk captured the military post near Stolkertsijver and opened fire on the army barracks in Albina. The National Army responded by destroying the temple in Moengotapoe, and capturing all males present. The women and children fled the village.[3]