Heidoti

Heidoti is a village in Boven Saramacca municipality (resort) in Sipaliwini District in Suriname. Heidoti is home to Maroons of the Kwinti tribe.[1]

Heidoti
Heidoti Location in Suriname
Coordinates: 4°52′N 55°34′W
Country	Suriname
District	Sipaliwini District
Resort (municipality)	Boven Saramacca
Elevation	70 ft (20 m)
Time zone	UTC-3

Heidoti had been built as a camp by the Geological and Mining Services,[2] and was later settled by Nicodemus, who moved his family into the hamlet. In 1915, Nicodemus was appointed village chief.[1] Since 2009, Heidoti is home to the Heidoti Tropical Park.[3]

Heidoti can be reached by boat from Nieuw Jacobkondre, which has road access to the rest of the country,[4] or from the Cabana Airstrip.[5] In November 2019, IAMGOLD finished a road to the Saramacca Development Project in Cabana giving Heidoti direct access to the rest of the country.[6][7]

References

1. Beet 1981, p. 51.
2. Elst 1973, p. 14.
3. "Heidoti Tropical Park". heidoti.wordpress.com. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
4. "Weg naar Nieuw Jacobkondre ernstig ingezakt". De Ware Tijd via Shoeket.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 May 2020.
5. "Heidoti". Openstreetmap. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
6. "IAMGOLD Announces Initial Drilling Results Testing the Underground Mining Potential at Its Saramacca Project, Suriname". News File Corp (Press release). Retrieved 30 July 2020.
7. "Saramacca Development Project update - November 2019". IAMGOLD via Youtube. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

Bibliography

• Beet, Chris de (1981). "People in between: the Matawai Maroons of Suriname". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 June 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Elst, Dirk van der (1973). "The Coppename Kwinti: Notes on an Afro-American tribe in Suriname". Nieuwe West-Indische Gids - Year 15. University of Florida. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)