Marijkedorp
Wan Shi Sha | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Marijkedorp Location in Suriname | |
| Coordinates: 5°30′25″N 54°03′09″W / 5.507083°N 54.052556°W | |
| Country |  Suriname |
| District | Marowijne District |
| Resort | Albina |
| Government | |
| • Captain | Grace Watamaleo[1] |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 310 |
Marijkedorp (Lokono: Wan Shi Sha) is a village of indigenous Lokono people[1] in the Albina resort of the Marowijne District of Suriname. Grace Watamaleo has been the village captain since 2011.[2]
In the 1970s, Albina and Marijkedorp started become a single urban area.[3] Marijkedorp is depended on Albina for education and healthcare.[4] The Lokono language has nearly disappeared from Marijkedorp and replaced by Dutch. In 2021, an initiative was launched to revitalise the language.[5]
- ^ a b c "Dorpen en Dorpsbesturen". Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- ^ Ministerie van Regionale Ontwikkeling, Ambtelijke delegatie van Koksijde bezoekt Suriname, 1 februari 2011
- ^ "Bewoners Marijkedorp stellen komitee in". Vrije Stem (in Dutch). 15 July 1977. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ Plan Bureau 2014, p. Table 4.
- ^ "Arowakse taal nieuw leven inblazen". Culturu (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 January 2022.