Moitaki is a
Ndyuka village in the
Sipaliwini District of
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 ...
. The village is inhabited by the Misidyan clan or ''lo''. The late
gaanman Gazon Matodya was born in Moitaki.
Moitaki is situated near the Gran Olo rapids between the village of
Yawsa further upstream and
Puketi further downstream.
Energy
Between 1985 and 1987, electricity was provided by an
overhead power line connected to the
Puketi hydroelectric power plant. After this power plant stopped working during the
Surinamese Interior War
The Surinamese Interior War ( nl, Binnenlandse Oorlog) was a civil war waged in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname between 1986 and 1992. It was fought by the Tucayana Amazonas led by Thomas Sabajo and the Jungle Commando led by Ronnie Brunswij ...
there have been attempts to rehabilitate the facility, but after a university delegation in 2003 and 2004 investigated the possibilities for hydroelectric power in the region, the Ministry for Regional Development decided to instead fund the construction of a larger
hydroelectric power plant at the Gran Olo rapids nearby. Although it will initially only power
Puketi and
Futupasi, the plan is to eventually connect Moitaki to the grid as well.
Notes
References
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{{Surinamese District Sipaliwini
Ndyuka settlements
Populated places in Sipaliwini District