Jenny is a town on the
East-West Link in
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 ...
, located in the
Welgelegen resort of
Coronie
Coronie is a district of Suriname, situated on the coast. Coronie's capital city is Totness. The district border the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the Surinamese district of Saramacca to the east, the Surinamese district of Sipaliwini to the sou ...
district. It lies on the mouth of the
Coppename River
The Coppename is a river in Suriname (South America) in the district of Sipaliwini, forming part of the boundary between the districts of Coronie and Saramacca.
Course
The Coppename river begins in the Wilhelmina Mountains. Its tributaries ar ...
opposite the town of
Boskamp, to which it is linked by the
Coppename bridge
The Coppename Bridge (Dutch: ''Coppenamebrug'') is a bridge over the Coppename River in Suriname, part of the East-West Link.
The bridge links Jenny in the Coronie District with Boskamp in the Saramacca District. It was opened in 1999, a year b ...
.
In the 1940s the Coronie District was released from its isolation when the Samaraccaweg was extended to Boskamp. In 1999, the ferry was replaced with the Coppename bridge.
References
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Populated places in Coronie District