Nieuw Jacobkondre (also Njoeng Jacob Kondre or just Jacobkondre) 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 ...

. It is situated on the

Saramacca River Saramacca River is a river in Suriname. The Arawaks named this river "Surama", and today's name "Saramacca" is probably derived from it. It originates in the Wilhelmina Mountains and flows northwards and enters the Atlantic Ocean together with th ...

. The village is inhabited by

Matawai people The Matawai (also ''Matuariërs'') are a tribe of Surinamese Maroons. The Matawai were originally part of the Saramaka, and signed a peace agreement with the Dutch colonists in 1762. The tribe split from the Saramaka, and in 1769, they were recogn ...

Overview

The village of Jacobkondre was founded in the 1860s by Jacob Tooti. The original village was deserted around 1910, and a new settlement was built nearby. The village has a school, clinic, and church. In 2014, a police station was opened in Nieuw Jacobkondre, because of increased crime at the nearby gold mines and the ''garimpero'' (illegal gold miner) village of

Villa Brazil Villa Brazil (also Villa Brasil) is a ''garimpeiros'' (illegal gold prospectors) village in the Boven Saramacca resort of the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. Overview Gold was discovered in the Rosebel area in 1879. More than century after, in ...

Transport

Nieuw Jacobkondre can be reached via an unpaved road which connects to the Southern East-West Link and from there to the rest of the country. The

Njoeng Jacob Kondre Airstrip Njoeng Jacob Kondre Airstrip is an airstrip serving Njoeng Jacob Kondre, Suriname. Charters and destinations Charter Airlines serving this airport are: Accidents or incidents * On 10 February 2001, Gum Air’s GAF Nomad N24A, registered ...

also serves Nieuw Jacobkondre.

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* Matawai settlements Populated places in Sipaliwini District {{Suriname-geo-stub