Vier Gebroeders (English: ''Four Brothers'') or Mamija is a Tiriyó village in the

Coeroeni Coeroeni is a resort in Suriname, located in the Sipaliwini District. Its population at the 2012 census was 1,046. The resort is mainly inhabited by indigenous people of the Tiriyó tribe. Kwamalasamutu is the main village of the resort and ho ...

resort of 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 ...

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. Vier Gebroeders is close to the

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ian border. The village is not named after four brothers, but after the Vier Gebroeders Mountain (560 metres) with four peaks. In October 1935, the area was first explored by A.J.H. van Lynden. Vier Gebroeders does not have a school or a clinic. In 2009, a contract was signed with the Dalian company, to construct a road from

Pokigron Pokigron is a town in Suriname located on Brokopondo Reservoir. It is located in the Boven Suriname municipality (resort) in the Sipaliwini District. It has a population of approximately 400 people in 2018. Pokigron is located at the end of a pave ...

via Vier Gebroeders, however the project has not started as of May 2020. Vier Gebroeders is served by the Vier Gebroeders Airstrip.

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Indigenous villages in Suriname Populated places in Sipaliwini District {{Suriname-geo-stub