{{Infobox settlement |name =Poesoegroenoe |other_name = |native_name = |settlement_type =Village |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |pushpin_map = Suriname |pushpin_label_position =right |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Suriname |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name ={{flag|Suriname}} |subdivision_type1 = District |subdivision_name1 = Sipaliwini |subdivision_type2 = Resort |subdivision_name2 = Boven Saramacca |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = |timezone = ART |utc_offset = -3 |coordinates = {{coord|4|23|45|N|55|47|15|W|region:SR|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Poesoegroenoe''' or '''Pusugrunu''' or '''Psugrunu''' is a Matawai village in Boven Saramacca, Sipaliwini District, central Suriname.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.waterkant.net/suriname/2018/09/30/bewoners-matawaigebied-in-suriname-barricaderen-weg-naar-poesoegroenoe/|title=Bewoners Matawaigebied in Suriname barricaderen weg naar Poesoegroenoe|website=Waterkant|date=30 September 2018|access-date=29 May 2020|language=nl}}</ref> The village lies along the Saramacca River and is the residence of the gaanman of the Matawai maroons.
== Healthcare == Poesoegroenoe is home to a Medische Zending healthcare centre. The Pan American Health Organization noted that unlike many villages, Poesoegroenoe remained immune from malaria. <ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qVRhAAAAMAAJ&q=Poesoegroenoe|title=Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization, Volumes 25-26|publisher=Pan American Health Organization, Pan American Sanitary Bureau|year=1991|page=433}}</ref>
== Transportation == === By road === A road connecting Poesoegroeni via Atjoni with Pokigron, where there is a connection to the North South Corridor, is currently under construction. According to Lesley Valentijn, the granman of the Matawi, the road should open to traffic in 2016.<ref>Dagblad Suriname - [http://www.dbsuriname.com/archief/nat/2010/feb10/23-02-10/Nat_Binnenkort%20aanleg%20wegverbinding%20Pokigron-Pusugrunu.asp Binnenkort aanleg wegverbinding Pokigron-Pusugrunu]</ref><ref name="DWT">{{cite news |last=Hubard |first=Milton |date=17 February 2016 |title=Weg naar Pusugrunu liever gisteren dan vandaag open |url=http://dwtonline.com/laatste-nieuws/2016/02/17/weg-naar-pusugrunu-liever-gisteren-dan-vandaag-open/ |newspaper=de Ware Tijd |access-date=28 April 2016 }}</ref> The road opened in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/42875|title=Bouterse lanceert overheidsnieuwssite 'De Boodschap' |website=Star Nieuws|access-date=22 July 2020|language=nl}}</ref>
=== By air === Poesoegroenoe is served by the Poesoegroenoe Airstrip, offering scheduled services to and from Paramaribo.
=== By water === Villages on the Saramacca River are reachable by dugout canoes, which regularly travel the rivers.
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