Laarwijk is a settlement and a former sugar plantation in the Commewijne District in Suriname. Laarwijk is situated along the Suriname River and can only be reached by boat (via Domburg).[1]

Laarwijk
Laarwijk The location of Laarwijk in Suriname
Coordinates: 5°42′N 55°03′W
Country	Suriname
District	Commewijne
Resort	Meerzorg
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	circa 100
Time zone	UTC-3 (ART)

History

Laarwijk was founded in 1737.[2] The government bought the plantation on 5 August 1899, and allocated it for small-scale agriculture.[2] In 2020 plans were announced to build a bridge between Laarwijk and Domburg in order to develop the area, and relieve traffic congestion in Wanica and Commewijne.[3] Traffic up to now has to use the Jules Wijdenbosch Bridge between Paramaribo and Meerzorg.[4]

Economy

After years of political prevarication in January 2010, Laarwijk has received a connection to the electricity grid. A cable is pulled from Domburg under the Suriname River. A generator which was installed just before the elections in 1996, had never produced a single kilowatt.[1]

Notable people

• Eugène Drenthe (1925–2009), poet and playwright.[5]

References

• Parts of the article have been translated from Laarwijk article on the Dutch Wikipedia, version on 27 May 2008.

External links

• Laarwijk at GEOnet Names Server

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