Matta (Lokono: Korhopa;[1] also Matta Karupa[2]) is an indigenous village of Lokono[1] Amerindians in the resort of Zuid in the Para District in Suriname. The village can be accessed from a road which branches off the Southern East-West Link.
Matta
Korhopa | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Soldiers in Matta (1947) | |
  Matta | |
| Coordinates: 5.4525°N 55.322778°W | |
| Country |  Suriname |
| District | Para District |
| Resort | Zuid |
| Government | |
| • Captain | Wendeline Sabajo[1] |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
| • Total | 500 |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (AST) |
Overview
Matta has a school and a clinic.[3] Matta is connected to the road network of Suriname, however the road was unpaved. In 2012, the government promised to pave the road.[4] In August 2018, the road was finally upgraded.[5] The economy of the village is mainly based on growing cassava.[2]
The village has been allocated a communal forest. In 2018, 203 hectares of the forest were awarded to[6] Creditmarket Investment Company NV who already started to clear the forest to make way for a planned industrial estate.[7]
Murder of Captain Karwofodi
On 13 August 2020, Captain Michael Karwofodi (67), the village chief, was murdered.[8] On 16 August, six teenagers aged 13 to 18 were arrested, and have confessed to the murder.[9] They were from the village and had been removed from the community house by the chief for misbehaving.[10] They confessed that they intended to rob Karwofodi of his money and juwelry.[11] On 21 June 2022, Raphael S, the leader of the group was sentenced to 12 years for murder and robbery.[12]
References
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