{{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name = Paloemeu |other_name = Palumeu |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = Village |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = Primary school Paloemeu Suriname (17981257229).jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Primary school in Paloemeu |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Suriname <!-- the name of a location map as per Template:Location map --> |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Suriname <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = 25px Suriname |subdivision_type1 = District |subdivision_name1 = Sipaliwini District |subdivision_type2 = Resort (municipality) |subdivision_name2 = Tapanahony |leader_title = Head captain |leader_name = Essikeo Japawai<ref name="vids"/> |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = 2020 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 283<ref name="vids">{{cite web|url=https://vids.sr/about/dorpsbesturen/|title=Dorpen en Dorpsbesturen|website=Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden in Suriname|access-date=22 June 2022|language=nl|archive-date=22 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622170430/https://vids.sr/about/dorpsbesturen/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |population_density_km2 = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|3|20|43|N|55|26|35|W|region:SR|display=inline,title}} <!-- | lon_sec = 35 ? --> |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Paloemeu''' or '''Palumeu''' is an Amerindian village in the interior of Suriname, situated at the site where the Paloemeu River joins the Tapanahoni River. Most inhabitants of the village are Native Tiriyó Amerindians. The remainder belongs to the Wayana,{{sfn|Heemskerk|Delvoye|Noordam|Teunissen|2007|p=39}} and Aparai tribes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pib.socioambiental.org/en/Povo:Aparai |title=Aparai|website=Socio Ambiental|access-date=1 April 2021}}</ref> The Bosatlas in 1968 identified the village as ''Pepejoe'' which was incorrect according to the New West Indian Guide.<ref>{{cite journal|jstor=41970171|language=nl|last1=Kruijer|first1=G. J.|title=Reviewed work: Bos-Niermeyer Atlas der gehele Aarde, F. J. Ormeling|journal=Nieuwe West-Indische Gids / New West Indian Guide|year=1968|volume=46|issue=2|pages=188–193}}</ref>
== Overview == The village was visited three times by ''basiya'' Lodewijk Schmidt, a Saramaka Maroon from Gansee, who had been hired by the Surinamese government to contact and map the Amerindians living in the interior of Suriname.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sipaliwinisavanna.com/docs/reisverhaal_baasschmidtvangansee.pdf |title=Baas Schmidt van Gansee|author=F.H.F. Oldenburger|pages=1-2|language=nl|website=Sipaliwini Savanna}}</ref> On 18 January 1942, during his third expedition, Schmidt van Gansee installed Joeloe as the first Captain of the Tiriyó on Paloemeu River.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sipaliwinisavanna.com/docs/verslag_van_de_derde_reis_sipaliwini_gebied.pdf |title=Verslag van de derde reis naar de Trio’s in het gebied van de Sipaliwini en de Sitharé (11 december 1941-21 april 1942)|website=Sipaliwini Savanna|author=F. H. F. Oldenburger|page=2|language=nl}}</ref> The village chief in 2022 was Essikeo Japawai.<ref name="vids"/>
Paloemeu is home to a primary school,<ref name="planning"/>{{rp|171}} and a Medische Zending healthcare centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medischezending.sr/mz/zorggebied/|title=Zorggebied|website=Medische Zending.sr|access-date=27 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>
Paloemeu can be reached by the river or via the Vincent Fayks Airport. The 718 metre high Kasikasima mountain is located about {{convert|65|km}} from the village. The journey will take 3 to 7 hours by boat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mets.sr/nl/tour/kasikasima-jungle-expeditie/|title=Kasikasima Jungle Expeditie|website=Mets|access-date=29 May 2020|language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sangfoo-expeditions.com/tours/kasikasima-tour/ |title=Kasikasima Tour|website=Sangfoo expeditions|access-date=15 January 2022|language=nl}}</ref> There is a jungle ecotourism resort on the Tapanahony River for tourists.<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=13 January 2022}}</ref>{{rp|192}}
== Energy == Since the early 2000s there have been efforts to construct a micro hydroelectric power plant in the Panato creek to provide Paloemeu with electricity.<ref>The GEF Small Gifts Programme – [http://www.ns2.ijomer.com/sgp/index.php?option=com_sgpprojects&view=projectdetail&id=6329&Itemid=272 Electrification of village Palumeu through application of micro hydropower works in the Panato creek]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> These efforts were initiated by the Dutch entrepreneur Arnout van de Werken. Several difficulties, including the flooding of the small reservoir in 2005, have hampered the project.<ref name="Parbode">{{cite news | last = Tijseling | first = Alan | title = Palumeu, van de stroom en de dam die overstroomde | newspaper = Parbode | date = 1 October 2007 | url = http://www.parbode.com/reportage/item/1263-palumeu-van-de-stroom-en-de-dam-die-overstroomde | access-date = 25 April 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> As of 2014, Palumeu still does not have full day electricity, and continues to rely on the few hours of diesel-generated electricity provided by the government.<ref>{{cite news | title = Inwoners Palumeu willen elektriciteit en drinkwater en voldoende leerkrachten | newspaper = Obsession magazine | date = 25 April 2014 | url = http://www.parbode.com/reportage/item/1263-palumeu-van-de-stroom-en-de-dam-die-overstroomde | access-date = 25 April 2016 | archive-date = 9 May 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160509080747/http://www.parbode.com/reportage/item/1263-palumeu-van-de-stroom-en-de-dam-die-overstroomde | url-status = dead }}</ref>
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== References == * {{cite book |last1=Heemskerk |first1=Marieke |last2=Delvoye |first2=Katia |last3=Noordam |first3=Dirk |last4=Teunissen |first4=Pieter |year=2007 |title=Wayana Baseline Study: A sustainable livelihoods perspective on the Wayana Indigenous Peoples living in and around Puleowime (Apetina), Palumeu, and Kawemhakan (Anapaike) in Southeast Suriname |url=http://www.act-suriname.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Wayana-Baseline-Study_2007.pdf |location=Paramaribo |publisher=Stichting Amazon Conservation Team-Suriname }}
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Category:Indigenous villages in Suriname Category:Populated places in Sipaliwini District Category:Tiriyó