Boven Coppename
CountrySuriname
DistrictSipaliwini District
Area total15,839 km²
Population as of2012 census
Population total539
Time zoneAST (UTC-3)

Boven Coppename is a resort in Suriname, located in the Sipaliwini District. Its population at the 2012 census was 539.[1] The resort is mainly inhabited by indigenous people[2] of the Tiriyó, and Maroons of the Kwinti tribe.[3] The main village is Bitagron. Other villages include Corneliskondre and Donderskamp.

Nature

The area is covered with a high dry land forest and mist forests at high altitudes.[4] The resort is home to the Emma Range, a mountainous range located between the drainage basin of the Saramacca and the Coppename River.[5] The highest mountain in Suriname, Julianatop is located in Boven Coppename.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Planning Office Suriname - Districts" (in Dutch). Planning Office Suriname. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Resorts in Suriname Census 2012". Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  3. ^ Migge, Bettina & Léglise, Isabelle (2013). Exploring Language in a Multilingual Context: Variation, Interaction and Ideology in Language Documentation. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  4. ^ "De natuurwetenschappelijke expeditie naar de emmaketen in Suriname, juli-oktober 1959" (in Dutch). Naturalis. 1959. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Militairen banen weg naar expeditie in Suriname" (in Dutch). Haarlem's Dagblad via Delpher. 11 June 1959. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Surinaamse vlag wappert op de Juliana Top" (in Dutch). Waterkant. 15 September 2006. Retrieved 29 May 2020.