Jaw Jaw

Jaw Jaw, also Yaw Yaw,[2] is a village of Saamaka Maroons[3] in the Boven Suriname resort of the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. The village is located on the Suriname River.[4]

Jaw Jaw
Village
Jaw Jaw Location in Suriname
Coordinates: 4°25′32.35″N 55°22′21.38″W
Country	Suriname
District	Sipaliwini District
Resort	Boven Suriname
Population [1]
• Total	ca. 400

Jaw Jaw is a transmigration village built for the inhabitants of Lombé[5] which was flooded by the Brokopondo Reservoir after the construction of the Afobaka Dam.[6] The village was built in 1964[5] on a site which had been previously used for coconut production.[7] Some of the original inhabitants of Lombé founded Nieuw Lombé near Berg en Dal.[8] Originally the village was home to 700 people,[2] but in 1976, the population was estimated at several hundred,[9] because many inhabitants had left for the city.[10]

The village has a school, a clinic, and a Roman Catholic church.[3] There is an ecotourism resort on Isadou, an island in the Suriname River across from the village.[11][4]

References

1. "Omgeving - Isadou - Suriname". Isadou (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 July 2020.
2. Kempen 2002, p. 113.
3. Plan Bureau 2014, p. 173.
4. Plan Bureau 2014, p. 192.
5. Kempen 2002, p. 114.
6. Bijl & Eerenstein 1976, p. 6.
7. Kempen 2002, p. 115.
8. "Lombe". Parbode (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 July 2020.
9. Bijl & Eerenstein 1976, p. 8.
10. Kempen 2002, p. 116.
11. "Jaw Jaw Isadou". Suriname Tour (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 July 2020.

Bibliography

• Bijl, H. van der; Eerenstein, J.H.W. (1976). "DE TRADITIONELE LANDBOUW VAN DE BOSLANDCREOLEN IN HET DISTRICT BROKOPONDO". Wageningen University and Research (in Dutch).
• Kempen, Michiel van (2002). Een geschiedenis van de Surinaamse literatuur. Deel 2. Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). Paramaribo: Okopipi. ISBN 9991464069. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
• Plan Bureau (2014). "Planning Office Suriname - Districts 2009-2013" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch).