Pontoetoe was a village 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 ...
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 ...
, situated on the banks of the
Paloemeu River. The village was inhabited by
Wayana Amerindians.
Pontoetoe was visited on 8 November 1904 by the Tapanahony expedition. In 1940 it was reported during an aerial reconnaissance that the village had been abandoned.
References
Former populated places in Suriname
Indigenous villages in Suriname
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