Coronie is a district of Suriname, situated on the

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. Coronie's

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is Totness. The district border the

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to the north, the Surinamese district of Saramacca to the east, the Surinamese district of Sipaliwini to the south and the Surinamese district of Nickerie to the west. The district is served by the Totness Airstrip. The district has a population of 3,391 and an area of 3,902 km², and is the district with the smallest population.

History

The first plantations were established from 1808 onwards by

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and Scottish colonists. Coronie became an independent district in 1851. The oldest plantation in the district is Burnside. Coronie was isolated and it was not until the 1940s, that a road was built linking Totness with

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, which is nowadays part of the East-West Link. In September 1965, four sounding rockets of Apache type with a maximum altitude of 205 km were launched. The rockets were launched as part as an investigation into the workings of the jet stream. The project was carried out by

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and

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provided the rockets. Totness has been designated as a regional centre in the beginning of the 21st century, and is planned to be upgrade with a medium-sized

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and a proper city centre. The area from Clyde to Burnside has no electricity, or telephone.

Economy

Coronie, as with most of Suriname, relies mostly upon

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for both its income and its food supply. The coastal environment made it a suitable are for coconut and

rice Rice is the seed of the grass species '' Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera '' Zizania'' and '' Porteresia'', both wild and domesticat ...

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s. In the late 20th century,

became a major agricultural crop. The rice fields are suited in the south and along the East-West Link. The flat and muddy coast with shallow waters prevented the construction of major harbors and large ships had to anchor miles off shores and transfer their passengers and cargo to little boats.

Resorts

Coronie is divided into 3 resorts (''ressorten''): * Johanna Maria * Totness * Welgelegen

Villages

Other villages in Coronie are: *

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* Mary's Hope

Nature reserves

Coronie is home to three protected areas. The Peruvia Nature Reserve which was established in 1986 and covers 31,000

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, the Bigi Pan nature reserve which was established in 1987 and covers 67,000 hectares, and the protected area which was established in 1987 and covers 27,200 hectares.

References

External links

Coronie.eu
(in Dutch) {{Authority control Districts of Suriname