Nieuw Jacobkondre

Village in Sipaliwini District, Suriname

4°56′00″N 55°32′00″W / 4.93333°N 55.5333°W / 4.93333; -55.5333Country

SurinameDistrictSipaliwini DistrictResort (municipality)Boven Saramacca

Nieuw Jacobkondre (also Njoeng Jacob Kondre or just Jacobkondre) is a town in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. It is situated on the Saramacca River. The village is inhabited by Matawai people.^[1]

Overview

The village of Jacobkondre was founded in the 1860s by Jacob Tooti.^[2] The original village was deserted around 1910, and a new settlement was built nearby.^[3]

The village has a school, clinic, and church.^[1] In 2014, a police station was opened in Nieuw Jacobkondre, because of increased crime at the nearby gold mines and the garimpero (illegal gold miner) village of Villa Brazil.^[4]

Transport

Nieuw Jacobkondre can be reached via an unpaved road which connects to the Southern East-West Link and from there to the rest of the country.^[5] The Njoeng Jacob Kondre Airstrip also serves Nieuw Jacobkondre.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Structuur Analyse" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^ Beet 2014, p. 190. sfn error: no target: CITEREFBeet2014 (help)
^ Beet 2014, p. 300. sfn error: no target: CITEREFBeet2014 (help)
^ "Politie-eenheden zullen gestationeerd worden te Nieuw Jacob Kondre". Dagblad Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
^ "Weg naar Nieuw Jacobkondre ernstig ingezakt". De Ware Tijd via Shoeket.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 May 2020.
^ "Njoeng Jacob Kondre, Sipaliwini, Suriname". GC Map. Retrieved 26 May 2020.