Alalapadu

Alalapadu
Alalapadu is located in Suriname
Alalapadu
Alalapadu
Location in Suriname
Coordinates: 2°31′14″N 56°19′41″W / 2.52056°N 56.32806°W / 2.52056; -56.32806
CountrySuriname
DistrictSipaliwini District
ResortCoeroeni
Settled1961
Government
 • Head captainSede Itashe[1]
Population
 (2020)
 • Total75[1]

Alalapadu is a Tiriyó village in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. The village was founded by Baptist[2] missionaries next to the Alalapadu Airstrip in order to concentrate the Tiriyó of the area in one central village.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Dorpen en Dorpsbesturen". Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden in Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference dorpsplan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Wekker, Molendijk & Vernooij 1992, p. 42.