Boven Coppename

Boven Coppename
Boven Coppename
Resort
	Van Stockumberg viewed from Mt. Voltzberg
	Map showing the resorts of Sipaliwini District. Boven Coppename
Country	Suriname
District	Sipaliwini District
Area
• Total	15,839 km2 (6,115 sq mi)
Population (2012 census)
• Total	539
• Density	0.034/km2 (0.088/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-3 (AST)

Boven Coppename is a resort in Suriname, located in the Sipaliwini District. Its population at the 2012 census was 539.^[1] The resort is mainly inhabited by indigenous people^[2] of the Tiriyó, and Maroons of the Kwinti tribe.^[3] The main village is Bitagron. Other villages include Corneliskondre and Donderskamp.

Nature

The area is covered with a high dry land forest and mist forests at high altitudes.^[4] The resort is home to the Emma Range, a mountainous range located between the drainage basin of the Saramacca and the Coppename River.^[5] The highest mountain in Suriname, Julianatop is located in Boven Coppename.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Planning Office Suriname - Districts" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 May 2020.
^ "Resorts in Suriname Census 2012" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
^ Migge, Bettina; Léglise, Isabelle (2013). Exploring Language in a Multilingual Context: Variation, Interaction and Ideology in Language Documentation. New York: Cambridge University Press.
^ "De natuurwetenschappelijke expeditie naar de emmaketen in Suriname, juli-oktober 1959". Naturalis (in Dutch). 1959. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
^ "Militairen banen weg naar expeditie in Suriname". Haarlem's Dagblad via Delpher (in Dutch). 11 June 1959. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
^ "Surinaamse vlag wappert op de Juliana Top". Waterkant (in Dutch). 15 September 2006. Retrieved 29 May 2020.

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[planning-1] "Planning Office Suriname - Districts" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 May 2020.

[census-2] "Resorts in Suriname Census 2012" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

[3] Migge, Bettina; Léglise, Isabelle (2013). Exploring Language in a Multilingual Context: Variation, Interaction and Ideology in Language Documentation. New York: Cambridge University Press.

[4] "De natuurwetenschappelijke expeditie naar de emmaketen in Suriname, juli-oktober 1959". Naturalis (in Dutch). 1959. Retrieved 14 February 2021.

[5] "Militairen banen weg naar expeditie in Suriname". Haarlem's Dagblad via Delpher (in Dutch). 11 June 1959. Retrieved 14 February 2021.

[6] "Surinaamse vlag wappert op de Juliana Top". Waterkant (in Dutch). 15 September 2006. Retrieved 29 May 2020.

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