Kwakoegron
Sign in to saveKwakoegron (land of Kwakoe) is a town and resort in Suriname. It is located inland, due south of Paramaribo. According to the 2012 census it has a population of 263, and is mainly inhabited by maroons, of the Matawai people. The resort and town are named after Kwakoe, the native word for Wednesday, and grond, the Dutch word for ground. The captain of the resort resides in the village Commisariskondre.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in SR, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony's link graph records 91 inbound references to Kwakoegron, and connects out to Sarakreek, Suriname and time zone.
It is catalogued under topics including Matawai settlements, Populated places in Brokopondo District and Resorts of Suriname.
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Place details
- Locality
- Kwakoegron
- Region
- Brokopondo
- Country
- Suriname
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kwakoegron
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Resort
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Het station van de goudveldentrein bij Kwakoegron, Bestanddeelnr 252-5974.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Former train station of Kwakoegron (1947)
- Settlement.image_map
- Brokopondo resorts Suriname Neutral.png
- Settlement.mapsize
- 300px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Map showing the resorts of Brokopondo District.
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Suriname
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Brokopondo
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1050
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 1 January 2012
- Settlement.population_total
- 263
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- AST
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Encyclopedic overview
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Kwakoegron (land of Kwakoe) is a town and resort in Suriname. It is located inland, due south of Paramaribo. According to the 2012 census it has a population of 263, and is mainly inhabited by maroons, of the Matawai people. The resort and town are named after Kwakoe, the native word for Wednesday, and grond, the Dutch word for ground. The captain of the resort resides in the village Commisariskondre.
==Overview== Kwakoegron has a school, a clinic, and a holiday resort. The resort can be accessed via a paved side road of the Southern East-West Link. In 1910, Kwakoegron was connected to the Lawa Railway which closed in 1987.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kwakoegron” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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