Kalebaskreek

Kalebaskreek is an indigenous village of Kalina^[2] Amerindians in the resort of Calcutta in the Saramacca District in Suriname.

Kalebaskreek
Village
Drawing of Kalebaskreek (circa 1880) by the Dutch Roman Catholic priest Arnoldus Borret (1848-1888)
Kalebaskreek
Coordinates: 5.675278°N 55.888889°W / 5.675278; -55.888889
Country	Suriname
District	Saramacca District
Resort	Calcutta
Government
• Captain	Conchita Alkantara (2018)[1]
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	170
Time zone	UTC-3 (AST)

History

Kalebaskreek is a fishing village^[3] on the Coppename River. The village can only be reached by boat. It is located about one hour upstream of Boskamp.^[4] The nearest village is the former leper colony of Batavia which is located 15 minutes downstream.^[4]

The school of Kalebaskreek used to be located in a building of the Moravian Church. In 2014, a new school was constructed.^[5] The clinic in the village is operated by the Mungra Medical Centre in Nieuw-Nickerie.^[6] In 2019, a waste incineration plant was opened in the village.^[7] The village chief as of 2018 is Conchita Alkantara.^[1]