# Kasikasima

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{{Short description|Mountain in Suriname}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Kasikasima
| image = Kasikasima Mountain in 1904.jpg
| image_caption = Kasikasima in 1904
| elevation_m = 718
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| location = [Sipaliwini District](/source/Sipaliwini_District), Suriname
| range = [Tumuk Humak Mountains](/source/Tumuk_Humak_Mountains)
| coordinates = {{coord|2|58|47|N|55|24|39|W|type:mountain_region:SR_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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'''Kasikasima''', also spelt '''Kassikassima''', is a mountain in the [Sipaliwini District](/source/Sipaliwini_District) of [Suriname](/source/Suriname).<ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/@2.9812697,-55.4130165,6894m/data=!3m1!1e3 Google Maps – Kasikasima]</ref> It is {{convert|718|m|ft|0}} high.

The village of [Paloemeu](/source/Paloemeu) and its [Vincent Fayks Airport](/source/Vincent_Fayks_Airport) are {{convert|40|km}} north, and are the entry point for canoe ride tours to the mountain provided by several tour companies.

Kasikasima as well as the [Tebutop](/source/Tebutop), the [Magneetrots](/source/Magneetrots), and the [Roseveltpiek](/source/Roseveltpiek) were first mapped in 1904 during the [Tapanahony](/source/Tapanahony_River) expedition.<ref>{{cite book|author=J.B.Ch. Wekker|title=HISTORIE, TECHNIEKEN EN MAATSCHAPPELIJKE ACHTERGRONDEN DER KARTERINGSWERKZAAMHEDEN IN SURINAME SINDS 1667|page=104|year=1983|isbn=9061322286|publisher=Rijkscommissie voor Geodesie}}</ref>

== Kampu ==
{{anchor|Kampu}}
In the 1990s, a village called ''Kampu'' was set up near Mount Kasikasima at the instigation of an evangelist, who had the intention of making the place a bible camp and meeting point of the [Tiriyó](/source/Tiriy%C3%B3_people) of Suriname and Brazil.{{sfn|Carlin|1998|p=17}} The population as of 2013 is 10 to 20 people.<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://bioone.org/ebooks/RAP-Bulletin-of-Biological-Assessment/A-Rapid-Biological-Assessment-of-the-Upper-Palumeu-River-Watershed/Chapter/A-Survey-of-the-Large-Ground-Dwelling-Mammals-of-the/10.1896/054.067.0120|chapter= A Survey of the Large Ground Dwelling Mammals of the Upper-Palumeu River Region|title= A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Upper Palumeu River Watershed (Grensgebergte and Kasikasima) of Southeastern Suriname|date=October 2013|volume= <!---->|page=170|via= |doi=10.1896/054.067.0120|access-date=15 June 2020|last1=Gajapersad|first1=Krisna|isbn= 9781934151570}}</ref>
{{coord|2|58|47|N|55|24|39|W|name=Kasikasima}}

== Notes ==
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== References ==
* {{cite journal |last=Carlin |first=Eithne B. |date=1998 |title=Speech community formation: a sociolinguistic profile of the Trio of Suriname |journal=New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids |volume=72 |issue=1/2 |pages=4–42 |doi=10.1163/13822373-90002598 |url=https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/bitstream/handle/1887/14819/E.B.%20Carlin%20-%20Sociolinguistic%20Situation%20of%20Trio%20Suriname-NWIG.pdf?sequence=1 |hdl=1887/14819 |s2cid=129274848 |hdl-access=free }}

== External links ==
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Xs2kKEB7g Orange Travel – Kasikasima tour] YouTube
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBKNj85bwg8#t=200s Fabian Vas Experience tour] YouTube – Good video from 3:20 on.
* [http://www.mets.sr/tours-lodges/kasikasima-jungle-expedition/ Mets Travel]

Category:Inselbergs of South America
Category:Mountains of Suriname
Category:Sipaliwini District

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