Aurora is a town in the

Sipaliwini District Sipaliwini is the largest district of Suriname, located in the south. Sipaliwini is the only district that does not have a regional capital, as it is directly administered by the national government in Paramaribo. History Sipaliwini was created i ...

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

on the Upper Suriname River. Aurora is a

tribal The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to conflic ...

village, and has a twin village called Nieuw Aurora which was built as an extension. The village is home to

Maroons Maroons are descendants of African diaspora in the Americas, Africans in the Americas who escaped from slavery and formed their own settlements. They often mixed with indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous peoples, eventually ethnogenesi ...

of the

Saramaka The Saramaka, Saamaka or Saramacca are one of six Maroon peoples (formerly called "Bush Negroes") in the Republic of Suriname and one of the Maroon peoples in French Guiana. In 2007, the Saramaka won a ruling by the Inter-American Court of Hum ...

tribe. The school in Nieuw Aurora made the headlines in 2017, because it had a perfect graduation level of 100%. Aurora can be accessed by boat from

Pokigron Pokigron is a town in Suriname located on Brokopondo Reservoir. It is located in the Boven Suriname municipality (resort) in the Sipaliwini District. It has a population of approximately 400 people in 2018. Pokigron is located at the end of a pave ...

, or from the

Laduani Airstrip Laduani Airstrip , is an airport serving Aurora, Suriname. Charters and destinations Charter Airlines serving this airport are: See also * * * List of airports in Suriname This is a list of airports in Suriname, sorted by location. Suri ...

Laduani

Laduani, also spelled as Ladoani, is a little village next to Aurora. The health care centre, and airport for Aurora are located in Laduani.

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Populated places in Sipaliwini District Saramaka settlements {{Suriname-geo-stub