Coeroeni

For the Amerindian village, see Kuruni.

Coeroeni is a resort in Suriname, located in the Sipaliwini District. Its population at the 2012 census was 1,046. The resort is mainly inhabited by indigenous people^[1] of the Tiriyó tribe.^[2] Kwamalasamutu is the main village of the resort and home to the granman (paramount chief) Asongo Alalaparu.^[3]

Coeroeni
Resort
Map showing the resorts of Sipaliwini District.   Coeroeni
Country	Suriname
District	Sipaliwini District
Area
• Total	33,133 km2 (12,793 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	1,046
• Density	0.032/km2 (0.082/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-3 (AST)

The resort was created in 1983 out of Nickerie as a tribal area.^[4] The disputed area of south-west Suriname known as Tigri Area belongs to the Coeroeni resort.^[5]

Villages

• Alalapadu
• Amatopo
• Kasuela (disputed)
• Kuruni
• Kwamalasamutu
• Sakuru (disputed)
• Sipaliwini Savanna
• Vier Gebroeders

The resort is also home to villages which are only inhabited part of the time.^[6]

Kamani

Kamani is a border village. It was founded in 2008 by people from Kwamalasamutu.^[7] The population as of 2009 was 6 people.^[8] The location is 2°34′5″N 57°0′30″W.

Nature

Blue poison dart frog

Main article: Sipaliwini Savanna

The Sipaliwini Savanna is a 100,000 hectare nature reserve. It has been a protected area since 1972. The majority of the reserve consists of a savannah which in turn is a continuation of the Brazilian Tumucumaque Mountains National Park. The reserve is in pristine condition with almost no human habitation.^[9] This reserve is one of the last frontiers in the tropics, however relatively little is known about the region.^[10] The savannah is where the blue poison dart frog was discovered in 1969.^[11]

Archaeology

The Werehpai archaeological site, which consists of caves containing petroglyphs of pre-Columbian origin, is located about 10 kilometres from Kwamalasamutu.^[12] On the Sipaliwini Savanna relics were discovered of human habitation dating from about 6000 BC.^[13]

Notes

1. "Resorts in Suriname Census 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 18 May 2020.
2. "DORPSPLAN KWAMALASAMUTU 2011–2014" (PDF). Institute for Graduate Studies and Research (IGSR) (in Dutch). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
3. Heemskerk & Delvoye 2007, p. 100.
4. "Districtenindeling Suriname - herstel oude grenzen district Nickerie". nickerie.net (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 June 2020.
5. "Suriname, Guyana in Dispute Over Mineral-Rich Land". Atlanta Black Star. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
6. "Planning Office Suriname - Districts" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 May 2020.
7. Amotopoan trails : a recent archaeology of Trio movements - Page 5. University of Leiden (Thesis). Leiden University. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
8. Carlin, Eithne B.; Van Goethem, Diederik (2009). In the Shadow of the Tiger: The Amerindians of Suriname. Amsterdam: KIT Publishers. ISBN 978-9460220-265.
9. "Natuurreservaten Suriname". Reisgraag (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 June 2020.
10. Burton Kim & Thomas E. Lee Jr (2018). "Community Ecology and Phylogeography of Bats in the Guianan Savannas of Northern South America" (PDF). MDPI. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
11. "Zoology". Sipaliwini Savanna. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
12. Gajapersad, Krisna; MacKintosh, Angelique; Benitez, Angelica; Payán, Esteban (October 2012). "A Survey of the Large Mammal Fauna of the Kwamalasamutu Region, Suriname". A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Kwamalasamutu Region, Southwestern Suriname (in Dutch). Vol. rbba. Conservation International. p. 150. doi:10.1896/054.063.0115. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
13. "My Beloved Nickerie". Nickerie.com. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

References

• Heemskerk, Marieke; Delvoye, Katia (2007). Trio Baseline Study: A sustainable livelihoods perspective on the Trio Indigenous Peoples of South Suriname (PDF). Paramaribo: Stichting Amazon Conservation Team-Suriname.

2°50′46″N 56°32′42″W