Sarakreek is a

resort A resort (North American English) is a self-contained commercial establishment that tries to provide most of a vacationer's wants, such as food, drink, swimming, lodging, sports, entertainment, and shopping, on the premises. The term ''resort ...

(≈ municipality) in the gold mining region of

Brokopondo District Brokopondo is a district of Suriname. Its capital city is Brokopondo; other towns include Brownsweg and Kwakoegron. The district has a population of 15,909, and an area of 7,364 square kilometres. History The Brokopondo district was establish ...

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 ...

. Its population at the 2012 census was 3,076. It is served by the

Sarakreek Airstrip Sarakreek Airstrip is an airstrip serving the gold mining community of Sarakreek, in the Brokopondo District of Suriname. Charters and destinations Charter Airlines serving this airport are: See also * * * List of airports in Suriname * Tran ...

. The resort is named after the eponymous

creek A creek in North America and elsewhere, such as Australia, is a stream that is usually smaller than a river. In the British Isles it is a small tidal inlet. Creek may also refer to: People * Creek people, also known as Muscogee, Native Americans ...

. A large part of Sarakreek was flooded after the construction of the

Afobaka Dam The Afobaka Dam is an embankment dam with a main gravity dam section on the Suriname River near Afobaka in Brokopondo District of Suriname. The primary purpose of the dam is to generate hydroelectric power and it supports a 180 MW power stati ...

, and the villages which were lost in the

Brokopondo Reservoir The Brokopondo Reservoir, officially named Professor Doctor Ingenieur W. J. van Blommestein Meer, and also called the Brokopondostuwmeer, is a large reservoir in Suriname. It is named after the Surakarta-born Dutch hydrological engineer Willem ...

were resettled in Marshallkreek and Tapoeripa. Villages in the resort include:

Baikoetoe Baikoetoe (also: ''Baikuku'') is a village in Sarakreek resort in Brokopondo District in Suriname. It is located on Brokopondo Reservoir. Nearby towns and villages include Mofina (17.0 nm), Warnakomoponafaja (17.4 nm), La Valere (16.1 nm), Adawa ...

, Duwatra,

Lebidoti Lebidoti is a village in Suriname with a population of about 1,000 and two nearby villages of Bakoe and Pitean. The people are of Maroon descent, specifically the Aukan tribe, and moved to this specific location when the building of the Afobaka da ...

, and

Zoewatta Zoewatta is a village in the Boven Suriname municipality (resort) in Sipaliwini District in Suriname. It is located on Brokopondo Reservoir. Nearby towns and villages include Wittikamba (3.6 nm), Baikoetoe (1.0 nm) Adawai (7.3 nm) ...

. Flooded villages include:

Abontjeman Abontjeman is an abandoned settlement in Brokopondo District, Suriname. It was located along the Sara Creek, and used to be inhabited by maroons. The village was flooded in 1964 after the construction of the Afobaka Dam. Abontjeman used to have ...

and

Ganzee Ganzee (also Gansee) is a former village in the Brokopondo District of Suriname. The village was home to Maroon people, Maroons of the Saramaka tribe, and located on the Suriname River. In 1965, the village was flooded after the construction of the ...

Koffiekamp

The

federation A federation (also known as a federal state) is a political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a central federal government (federalism). In a federation, the self-governin ...

of Koffiekamp was among the lost villages, and consisted of three settlements: Maipa-ondo of the misidjan lo of clan founded in 1793, Baka Mbuju of the Njanfai-lo of clan, and

Maria Hartmann Maria (sometimes Marie) Lobach Hartmann (11 December 1798 – 30 December 1853) was a German-born Moravian missionary in Suriname. Maria Lobach ( Sorbian: ''Marija Lobakojc'') was born to a Sorbian family in Turnow, Lower Lusatia. She married ...

founded Koffiekamp in 1851. Koffiekamp was located at the confluence of the Sara Creek and the

Suriname River The Suriname River (Dutch: ''Surinamerivier'') is 480 km long and flows through the country Suriname. Its sources are located in the Guiana Highlands on the border between the Wilhelmina Mountains and the Eilerts de Haan Mountains (where it i ...

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Resorts of Suriname Populated places in Brokopondo District {{Suriname-geo-stub