Official Name: | Pakka-Pakka |
Other Name: | Pakkapakka |
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: | Boven Saramacca |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Coordinates: | 4.6317°N -55.6753°W |
Elevation M: | 73 |
Pakka-Pakka or Pakkapakka, also Pakkapakka 1 (right side river) and Pakkapakka 2 (left side), is a Maroon village in the rainforest of Boven Saramacca resort in Sipaliwini District in Suriname. The village is inhabited by Matawai people.[1] The village was founded in the 1860s and was originally home to both Matawai and Kwinti people.[2]
The village has no school, no clinic, but does have a church.[1] There was a school in 1924.[3]
Nearby towns and villages include Kapoesanti (25.0 nm), Kaaimanston (36.8 nm), Moetoetoetabriki (13.9 nm), Heidoti (15.6 nm), Stonkoe (6.3 nm), Makajapingo (8.6 nm) and Asoenoebo (1.0 nm) .