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Washabo

Coordinates: 5°12′52″N 57°11′14″W / 5.21444°N 57.18722°W / 5.21444; -57.18722
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Washabo
Washabo is located in Suriname
Washabo
Washabo
Location in Suriname
Coordinates: 5°12′52″N 57°11′14″W / 5.21444°N 57.18722°W / 5.21444; -57.18722
Country Suriname
DistrictSipaliwini District
ResortKabalebo
Government
 • CaptainSergio Srisria[1]
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Totalc. 600

Washabo is a town in Suriname, located in the Kabalebo resort of Sipaliwini district. The town lies on a bend in the Corantijn river (Courantyne), on the border with Guyana.[2] Washabo is an indigenous[3] village of the Lokono tribe[1] near Apoera. It has a population of about 600 people.[1] According to the oral tradition, the village was founded in the 1920s by the Lingaard family.[4]

The village generally does not allow non-tribal people to live in their village unless they are married to a member of the tribe. Washabo has a clinic and a school. Washabo can be reached from an unpaved road from the Southern East-West Link.[4] The Washabo Airport is located in the village.[5] Up to 1995, the villages of Apoera, Washabo and Section were governed by the same village chief due to their close proximity.[4]

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  1. ^ a b c d "Dorpen en Dorpsbesturen". Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden in Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Washabo". Openstreetmap. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Kapiteins Apoera, Washabo en Section voelen zich overgeslagen door Bouterse". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "WEST SURINAME: WAT BETEKENT EEN GEΪNTEGREERDE ALUMINIUM INDUSTRIE VOOR DE INHEEMSE GGEMEENSCHAPPEN?" (PDF). North-South Institute (in Dutch). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  5. ^ "WSO - Airport". GC Map. Retrieved 21 May 2020.