Sipaliwini District

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Sipaliwini District is the largest and southernmost district of Suriname, characterized by vast rainforest, sparse population, and significant Indigenous and Maroon communities.

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Sipaliwini District canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
district ⓘ
accessMode river transport ⓘ
small aircraft ⓘ
area approximately 130567 square kilometers ⓘ
areaRankInSuriname 1 ⓘ
bordersCountry Brazil ⓘ
French Guiana ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
bordersDistrict Brokopondo District ⓘ
Marowijne District ⓘ
Para District ⓘ
capital Apetina ⓘ
Apoera ⓘ
Kwamalasamutu ⓘ
Pelelu Tepu ⓘ
containsMountain Kasikasima ⓘ
containsMountainRange Tumuc-Humac Mountains ⓘ
containsProtectedArea Central Suriname Nature Reserve ⓘ
Sipaliwini Nature Reserve ⓘ
containsRiver Corantijn River ⓘ
Suriname River upper course ⓘ
Tapanahony River ⓘ
containsSettlement Apetina ⓘ
Apoera ⓘ
Kwamalasamutu ⓘ
Pelelu Tepu ⓘ
country Suriname ⓘ
ethnicGroup Amerindian peoples ⓘ
Maroons ⓘ
hasBorderDispute Tigri Area with Guyana ⓘ
hasEcosystem Amazon rainforest ⓘ
hasIndigenousCommunities true ⓘ
hasLandscape tropical rainforest ⓘ
hasMaroonCommunities true ⓘ
hasMultipleAdministrativeCenters true ⓘ
isLargestDistrictOf Suriname ⓘ
isSouthernmostDistrictOf Suriname ⓘ
locatedIn Suriname ⓘ
partOf Republic of Suriname ⓘ
linked to: Suriname
population approximately 37000 (around 2012) ⓘ
populationCharacteristic sparsely populated ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity ecotourism ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
small-scale gold mining ⓘ
roadAccess limited ⓘ
timeZone UTC−3 ⓘ

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Tapanahony River area → locatedIn → Sipaliwini District ⓘ
Ndyuka people → demographicsRegion → Sipaliwini District ⓘ
Ndyuka → countrySubdivision → Sipaliwini District ⓘ
Suriname interior → contains → Sipaliwini District ⓘ
Matawai Maroons → region → Sipaliwini District ⓘ
Surinamese Interior War → location → Sipaliwini District ⓘ
Gran Rio → locatedIn → Sipaliwini District ⓘ
Kabalebo River → locatedIn → Sipaliwini District ⓘ
Tapanahony River → flowsThrough → Sipaliwini District ⓘ
Saramacca District → borderedBy → Sipaliwini District ⓘ