Kumakahpan
Kumakahpan | |
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Kumakahpan Location in Suriname | |
Coordinates: 3°21′40″N 54°3′31″W / 3.36111°N 54.05861°W | |
Country | Suriname |
District | Sipaliwini District |
Resort (municipality) | Tapanahony |
Government | |
• Captain | Aputu |
Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 27 |
Kumakahpan is a Wayana village in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. The village lies on the banks of the Lawa River, which forms the border with French Guiana.[2]
Name[]
Kumakahpan means "place of the Kapok tree".[2]
Geography[]
Kumakahpan lies about 7 km (4.3 mi) downstream the Lawa River from the village of Antecume Pata and 5.5 km (3.4 mi) upstream the Lawa River from the villages of Kulumuli and Pïleike.
Notes[]
- ^ "Dorpen en Dorpsbesturen". Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden in Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ a b Boven 2006, p. 102.
References[]
Boven, Karin M. (2006). Overleven in een Grensgebied: Veranderingsprocessen bij de Wayana in Suriname en Frans-Guyana (PDF). Amsterdam: Rozenberg Publishers.
Categories:
- Indigenous villages in Suriname
- Populated places in Sipaliwini District
- Suriname geography stubs