{{for|the Amerindian village|Kuruni}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Coeroeni | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Resort | motto = | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_map = right|frameless|280px | mapsize = | map_caption = Map showing the resorts of Sipaliwini District.{{legend|#70a0ff|Coeroeni}} | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | pushpin_map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Suriname}} | subdivision_type1 = District | subdivision_name1 = Sipaliwini District | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = | established_date = | area_magnitude = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 33133 | area_land_km2 = | population_as_of = 2012 | population_footnotes = <ref name="census">{{Cite web|url=https://spangstaging.com/2019/abs/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/census8etn.pdf|title=Resorts in Suriname Census 2012|access-date=18 May 2020}}</ref> | population_note = | population_total = 1,046 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = AST | utc_offset = -3 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Coeroeni''' is a resort in Suriname, located in the Sipaliwini District. Its population at the 2012 census was 1,046. The resort is mainly inhabited by indigenous people<ref name="census"/> of the Tiriyó tribe.<ref name="dorpsplan">{{cite web|title=DORPSPLAN KWAMALASAMUTU 2011–2014|url=http://www.igsr.sr/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/DORPSPLAN-Kwamala-2011.pdf|website=Institute for Graduate Studies and Research (IGSR)|access-date=27 May 2020|language=nl|archive-date=15 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615185452/http://www.igsr.sr/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/DORPSPLAN-Kwamala-2011.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kwamalasamutu is the main village of the resort and home to the granman (paramount chief) Asongo Alalaparu.{{sfn|Heemskerk|Delvoye|2007|p=100}}
The resort was created in 1983 out of Nickerie as a tribal area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nickerie.net/News2013/2013-02-12%20-%20Districtenindeling%20Suriname%20-%20herstel%20oude%20grenzen%20district%20Nickerie.htm|title=Districtenindeling Suriname - herstel oude grenzen district Nickerie|website=nickerie.net|access-date=17 June 2020|language=nl}}</ref> The disputed area of south-west Suriname known as Tigri Area belongs to the Coeroeni resort.<Ref>{{cite web|url=https://atlantablackstar.com/2014/05/12/suriname-guyana-dispute-mineral-rich-lands/|title=Suriname, Guyana in Dispute Over Mineral-Rich Land|website=Atlanta Black Star|date=12 May 2014|access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref>
==Villages== * Alalapadu * Amatopo * Kasuela (disputed) * Kuruni * Kwamalasamutu * Sakuru (disputed) * Sipaliwini Savanna * Vier Gebroeders
The resort is also home to villages which are only inhabited part of the time.<ref name="planning">{{cite web|url=https://www.planningofficesuriname.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/STRUCTUUR-ANALYSE-IV.pdf|title=Planning Office Suriname - Districts|website=Planning Office Suriname|language=nl|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> ===Kamani=== {{anchor|Kamani}} Kamani is a border village. It was founded in 2008 by people from Kwamalasamutu.<ref name="leiden">{{cite thesis|url=https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/bitstream/handle/1887/19857/05.pdf;sequence=10|title=Amotopoan trails : a recent archaeology of Trio movements - Page 5|website=University of Leiden|date=26 September 2012|publisher=Leiden University|access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref> The population as of 2009 was 6 people.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Carlin |first1=Eithne B. |last2=Van Goethem |first2=Diederik |year=2009 |title=In the Shadow of the Tiger: The Amerindians of Suriname |location=Amsterdam |publisher=KIT Publishers |isbn=978-9460220-265}}</ref> The location is {{coord|2|34|5|N|57|0|30|W|name=Kamani|display=inline}}.
==Nature== thumb|250px|Blue poison dart frog{{main|Sipaliwini Savanna}} The Sipaliwini Savanna is a 100,000 hectare nature reserve. It has been a protected area since 1972. The majority of the reserve consists of a savannah which in turn is a continuation of the Brazilian Tumucumaque Mountains National Park. The reserve is in pristine condition with almost no human habitation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reisgraag.nl/vakantie-suriname/natuurreservaten-suriname|title=Natuurreservaten Suriname|website=Reisgraag|access-date=16 June 2020|language=nl}}</ref> This reserve is one of the last frontiers in the tropics, however relatively little is known about the region.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://res.mdpi.com/d_attachment/diversity/diversity-10-00129/article_deploy/diversity-10-00129.pdf|title=Community Ecology and Phylogeography of Bats in the Guianan Savannas of Northern South America|author=Burton Kim & Thomas E. Lee Jr|year=2018|access-date=17 June 2020|website=MDPI}}</ref> The savannah is where the blue poison dart frog was discovered in 1969.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sipaliwinisavanna.com/zoology.htm|title=Zoology|website=Sipaliwini Savanna|access-date=16 June 2020}}</ref>
==Archaeology== The Werehpai archaeological site, which consists of caves containing petroglyphs of pre-Columbian origin, is located about 10 kilometres from Kwamalasamutu.<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://bioone.org/ebooks/RAP-Bulletin-of-Biological-Assessment/A-Rapid-Biological-Assessment-of-the-Kwamalasamutu-region-Southwestern-Suriname/Chapter/A-Survey-of-the-Large-Mammal-Fauna-of-the-Kwamalasamutu/10.1896/054.063.0115|chapter=A Survey of the Large Mammal Fauna of the Kwamalasamutu Region, Suriname|title=A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Kwamalasamutu Region, Southwestern Suriname|date=October 2012|page=150|doi=10.1896/054.063.0115|access-date=16 June 2020|language=nl|last1=Gajapersad|first1=Krisna|last2=MacKintosh|first2=Angelique|last3=Benitez|first3=Angelica|last4=Payán|first4=Esteban|volume=rbba|publisher=Conservation International }}</ref> On the Sipaliwini Savanna relics were discovered of human habitation dating from about 6000 BC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nickerie.com/nickerie/nick01.htm|title=My Beloved Nickerie|access-date=17 June 2020|website=Nickerie.com}}</ref>
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== References == *{{cite book |last1=Heemskerk |first1=Marieke |last2=Delvoye |first2=Katia |year=2007 |title=Trio Baseline Study: A sustainable livelihoods perspective on the Trio Indigenous Peoples of South Suriname |url=http://www.act-suriname.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Trio-Baseline-Study_2007.pdf |location=Paramaribo |publisher=Stichting Amazon Conservation Team-Suriname }}
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