Pakkapakka

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]

Pakka-Pakka
Pakkapakka
Pakka-Pakka is located in Suriname
Pakka-Pakka
Pakka-Pakka
Location in Suriname
Coordinates: 4°37′54″N 55°40′31″W
Country Suriname
DistrictSipaliwini District
Resort (municipality)Boven Saramacca
Elevation
240 ft (73 m)
Time zoneUTC-3

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) .

References
  1. "Structuur Analyse" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  2. Migee, Bettina (2017). Putting Matawai on the Surinamese Linguistic Map. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  3. "De Vraagbaak. Almanak voor Suriname 1925". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). 1924. Retrieved 20 July 2020.


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