{{Short description|Village and island in the Pamacca Resort of Suriname}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Langatabbetje |other_name = |native_name = Langatabiki |nickname = |settlement_type = Village |motto = |image_skyline = File:Herman Leerdam, Van de Polls gastheer in Langetabbetje, Bestanddeelnr 252-6732.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Langatabiki (1947) |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Suriname |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 = Resort |subdivision_name2 = Pamacca |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |population_as_of = 2010 |population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |last1=Pamaka Development Plan |year=2017 |title=Pamaka Ontwikkelingsplan |url=https://www.nikos.sr/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Pamaka-Ontwikkelingsplan-FINAL.pdf |publisher={{ill|NIKOS|nl}} |language=nl|page=13}}</ref> |population_note = |population_total = 262 |population_density_km2 = |timezone = AST |utc_offset = -3 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|4|59|30|N|54|26|30|W|region:SR|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Langatabiki''' (Dutch: ''Langatabbetje'') is a Paramacca village in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. Langatabiki is the residence of the granman of the Paramaccan people. Langatabiki is located in the Pamacca resort which was created on 11 September 2019 out of Tapanahony.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://regionaldevelopment.gov.sr/actueel/2019/paamaka-en-ndyuka-leggen-grens-vast/|title=Paamaka en Ndyuka leggen grens vast|website=Regional Development.gov.sr|access-date=23 May 2020|language=nl|archive-date=28 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128031825/http://regionaldevelopment.gov.sr/actueel/2019/paamaka-en-ndyuka-leggen-grens-vast/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Since 1879, a group of about 90 Maroon created a settlement on an island in the Marowijne River near the mouth of the Paramacca Creek. The town was named Langatabiki (Long Island). The granman at the time of the founding was called Apensa.<ref name="encycl">{{Cite web|title=Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch West-Indië - Page 155 - Boschnegers|website=Digital Library for Dutch Literature|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/benj004ency01_01/benj004ency01_01.pdf|date=1916|access-date=23 May 2020|language=nl}}</ref>
== Education == Langatabiki is home to the granman Cornelis Forster primary school.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/40366|title=Leerlingen Langatabiki leren over behoud Amazonegebied |website=Star Nieuws|language=nl|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>
== Energy == Like most Maroon villages in the interior, Langatabiki relied on diesel generators for electricity until 2016. Although the fuel for the generators is provided free of charge by the Surinamese government, there was only enough available to provide electricity for a few hours per day, usually from 6 p.m. until midnight. In March 2016, the first phase of a solar power network opened in Langatabiki, aiming to provide electricity to the village for 24 hours per day.<ref name="solar power DWT">{{cite news |last=Orban |first=Gilliamo |date=9 March 2016 |title=Langatabiki omarmt zonne-energie |url=http://www.dwtonline.com/laatste-nieuws/2016/03/09/langatabiki-omarmt-zonne-energie/ |newspaper=de Ware Tijd |access-date=16 April 2016 }}</ref>
== Healthcare == Langatabiki is home to a Medische Zending healthcare centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medischezending.sr/mz/zorggebied/|title=Zorggebied|website=Medische Zending.sr|access-date=23 May 2020|language=nl|archive-date=30 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930070719/http://www.medischezending.sr/mz/zorggebied/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Transportation == === By road === Langatabiki is linked by road to Moengo, from where there is access to the East-West Link.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.waterkant.net/suriname/2018/06/10/deel-van-weg-naar-langatabiki-in-zeer-slechte-staat/?cn-reloaded=1|title=Deel van weg naar Langatabiki in zeer slechte staat|website=Waterkant.net|access-date=23 May 2020|language=nl}}</ref> Plans have been developed to pave the road to Moengo, and built one road from Langatabiki via Stoelmanseiland to Benzdorp, and another from Langatabiki to Brokopondo.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://spinlab.vu.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Final_ChristiaanJolly1707736.pdf|title=Ruimtegebruiksmodelleren|date=August 2010|access-date=23 May 2020|language=nl|website=Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam}}</ref>
=== By air === Langatabiki is served by Langatabbetje Airstrip, offering Blue Wing scheduled services from Paramaribo.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bluewingairlines.com/|title=Blue Wing Airlines|access-date=23 May 2020|website=Blue Wing Airlines}}</ref>
=== By water === Villages on the Marowijne, Tapanahony and Lawa rivers are reachable by dugout canoe taxis, which regularly travel the rivers. The village of Apatou in French Guiana lies about {{convert|20|km|mi}} downstream the Marowijne River.
== References == {{Commons category|Langatabbetje}} {{reflist}}
{{Surinamese District Sipaliwini}}
Category:Islands of Suriname Category:Paramaka settlements Category:Populated places in Sipaliwini District