Official Name: | Bakkie |
Settlement Type: | Resort |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Suriname |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Commewijne District |
Area Total Km2: | 440 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Total: | 447 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | AST |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Coordinates: | 5.9147°N -54.8958°W |
Bakkie (old name: Reynsdorp) is a resort and town in Suriname, located in the Commewijne District. Its population was 447 at the 2012 census (541 at the 2004 census).[1] [2] Around 1902, the coffee plantation Reynsdorp was bought by the government and parceled out in small allotments for immigrants who had served out their contracts.[3] The resort lies along the Atlantic Ocean coastline. The resort of Bakkie can only be reached by boat.[4]
The Museum of Bakkie, located in the village Reynsdorp (now better known as Bakkie) has an impressive collection of old bottles, prints, maps, paintings and many utensils.[5]
Other villages in the Bakkie resort are Alliance, Ephrata, and Kronenburg