Cabendadorp (also Kabenda dorp[1]) is an indigenous village of Kalina[1] Amerindians in the resort of Zuid in the Para District in Suriname. The village is located on the Afobakaweg south of the Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport.[2]
Cabendadorp
Kabenda dorp | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Cabendadorp (2006) | |
Cabendadorp | |
| Coordinates: 5.3853°N 55.1589°W / 5.3853; -55.1589 | |
| Country | |
| District | Para District |
| Resort | Zuid |
| Established | 1974 |
| Government | |
| • Captain | Jeane Kabenda[1] |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
| • Total | 330 |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (AST) |
The village was founded in 1974 by Joseph Cabenda who served as village chief until his death in 2012.[3]
The village is home to Leo Julius Toenaé whose family produces pottery, and who was known as a story teller.[4]
Cabendadorp has a clinic.[5] As of 2020, there is no school and the children have to take the bus to neighbouring Powakka and Zanderij.[6] The village has been allocated 4,375 hectares of communal land.[7] The village chief as of 2020 is Jeane Kabenda.[1]
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