Poeloegoedoe

Poeloegoedoe
Pulugudu
Village
Drawing of Poeloegoedoe (1890)
Drawing of Poeloegoedoe (1890)
Poeloegoedoe is located in Suriname
Poeloegoedoe
Poeloegoedoe
Coordinates: 4°21′12″N 54°26′31″W / 4.35333°N 54.44194°W / 4.35333; -54.44194
CountrySuriname
DistrictSipaliwini District
ResortTapanahony
Time zoneUTC-3 (AST)

Poeloegoedoe (also: Pulugudu and Pori Gudu[1]) is a village in the Tapanahony River at the confluence with the Lawa River. It is named after the Poeloegoedoe Falls and is inhabited by maroons of the Ndyuka people.[2] The village is located in the Tapanahony resort of Sipaliwini District, Suriname.

  1. ^ Groot 1989, p. 11.
  2. ^ Groot 1989, p. 20.