Washabo

{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Washabo |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |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 |pushpin_label_position = bottom |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Suriname |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = 25px Suriname |subdivision_type1 = District |subdivision_name1 = Sipaliwini District |subdivision_type2 = Resort |subdivision_name2 = Kabalebo |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = Captain |leader_name = Sergio Srisria<ref name="vids"/> |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = |established_date = |established_title2 = |established_date2 = |established_title3 = |established_date3 = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi = |population_as_of = 2020 |population_footnotes = <ref name="vids">{{cite web|url=http://www.vids.sr/?page_id=129|title=Dorpen en Dorpsbesturen|website=Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden in Suriname|language=nl|access-date=27 May 2020|archive-date=11 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411221054/http://www.vids.sr/?page_id=129|url-status=dead}}</ref> |population_note = |population_total = {{circa}} 600 |timezone = |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|5|12|52|N|57|11|14|W|region:SR_type:city_source:kolossus-eswiki|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Washabo''' is a town in Suriname, located in the Kabalebo resort of Sipaliwini district. The town lies on a bend in the Corantijn river (Courantyne), on the border with Guyana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=5.216667&mlon=-57.183333&zoom=12#map=14/5.2088/-57.1692|title=Washabo|access-date=21 May 2020|website=Openstreetmap}}</ref> Washabo is an Indigenous<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/6076|title=Kapiteins Apoera, Washabo en Section voelen zich overgeslagen door Bouterse |website=Star Nieuws|access-date=21 May 2020|language=nl}}</ref> village of the Lokono tribe<ref name="vids"/> near Apoera. It has a population of about 600 people.<ref name="vids"/> According to the oral tradition, the village was founded in the 1920s by the Lingaard family.<ref name="westplan">{{cite web|title=WEST SURINAME: WAT BETEKENT EEN GEΪNTEGREERDE ALUMINIUM INDUSTRIE VOOR DE INHEEMSE GGEMEENSCHAPPEN?|url=http://www.nsi-ins.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/West-Suriname-WAT-Betekent-Een-Geintegreerde-Aluminium-Industrie-Voor-De-Inheemse-Gemeenschappen.pdf|website=North-South Institute|access-date=29 May 2020|language=nl|archive-date=18 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618190907/http://www.nsi-ins.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/West-Suriname-WAT-Betekent-Een-Geintegreerde-Aluminium-Industrie-Voor-De-Inheemse-Gemeenschappen.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The village generally does not allow non-tribal people to live in their village unless they are married to a member of the tribe. Washabo has a clinic and a school. Washabo can be reached from an unpaved road from the Southern East-West Link.<ref name="westplan"/> The Washabo Airport is located in the village.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gcmap.com/airport/WSO|title=WSO - Airport|website=GC Map|access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref> Up to 1995, the villages of Apoera, Washabo and Section were governed by the same village chief due to their close proximity.<ref name="westplan"/>

==See also== *Corantijn Basin

==References== <references/>

Category:Guyana–Suriname border crossings Category:Indigenous villages in Suriname Category:Populated places in Sipaliwini District Category:Lokono villages