Corneliskondre

Corneliskondre
Corneliskondre
	Corneliskondre (1947)
	Corneliskondre Location in Suriname
	Coordinates: 5°20′44″N 56°8′39″W / 5.34556°N 56.14417°W
Country	Suriname
District	Sipaliwini District
Resort (municipality)	Boven Coppename
Government
• Captain	Jules April
Population (2022)
• Total	75

Corneliskondre is a village in Suriname, located in the Boven Coppename resort of Sipaliwini District. It has a population of 70 as of 2020, and is inhabited by indigenous people of the Kalina tribe.^[1]

Corneliskondre has been named after Cornelis Tapopi, the chief who founded the village. Catholic missionaries first visited the village in 1883.^[2]

The village has a school,^[3] and a holiday resort near the Wayambo River. The clinic in the village is operated by the Mungra Medical Centre in Nieuw-Nickerie.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Dorpen en Dorpsbesturen". Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden in Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
^ Wim P.A. Desserjer (1985). "De Caraib-Indianen aan de Wayombo en de missie". Oso (in Dutch). p. 123. Retrieved 14 February 2021. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
^ "Structuur Analyse" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^ "Het gedwongen vertrek van de Medische Zending uit West-Suriname". Omhoog (in Dutch). 8 December 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2021.

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