Batavia | |
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 Batavia in 1879, by Arnoldus Borret (1848-1888). The man with a hat is the doctor. | |
  Batavia Location in Suriname | |
| Coordinates: 5°42′41″N 55°52′37″W / 5.71139°N 55.87694°W | |
| Country |  Suriname |
| District | Saramacca District |
| Resort (municipality) | Calcutta |
Batavia on the Coppename River in Suriname is a former cocoa plantation, military post and state leper colony of the Dutch colonists. Batavia functioned as a leper colony from 1824 to 1897, after which the location was completely abandoned. Since 2001 it has been redeveloped as a place of pilgrimage and tourism.