Corneliskondre is a village in Suriname, located in the Boven Coppename resort of

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 ...

. It has a population of 70 as of 2020, and is inhabited by

indigenous people Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...

of the

Kalina Kalina may refer to: People * Kalina people, or Caribs, an indigenous people of the northern coastal areas of South America * Kalina language, or Carib, the language of the Kalina people * Kalina (given name) * Kalina (surname) * Noah Kalina, ...

tribe. Corneliskondre has been named after Cornelis Tapopi, the chief who founded the village. Catholic missionaries first visited the village in 1883. The village has a school, and a holiday resort near the

Wayambo River The Wayambo River (also: Wayombo) is a river of Suriname. The river is part of an inland waterway connecting the harbour of Nieuw-Nickerie with Paramaribo. The river forms a natural bifurcation: at the source, the water can flow westwards to the ...

. The clinic in the village is operated by the Mungra Medical Centre in Nieuw-Nickerie.

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Indigenous villages in Suriname Populated places in Sipaliwini District {{Suriname-geo-stub