Official Name: | Palasisi |
Other Name: | Mapahpan |
Pushpin Map: | French Guiana |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in French Guiana |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | France |
Subdivision Type1: | Overseas region |
Subdivision Name1: | French Guiana |
Subdivision Type2: | Arrondissement |
Subdivision Name2: | Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni |
Subdivision Type3: | Commune |
Subdivision Name3: | Maripasoula |
Population As Of: | 2009 |
Population Total: | 15 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Coordinates: | 3.2908°N -54.0836°W |
Palasisi, also named Mapahpan or Palassisi, is a Wayana village on an island in the Litani River.[1] The village was founded by Wayanas who emigrated from Brazil.[1]
Palasisi means "white man" in the Wayana language and is usually reserved for the French. Wapahpan means "place of the Wapa tree".
Palasisi lies about 700m (2,300feet) downstream the Litani River from the village of Pëleya and 1.5km (00.9miles) upstream the Litani River from the village of Antecume Pata.