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Carolina, Suriname

Field	Value
official_name	Carolina
settlement_type	Resort
image_skyline	File:Road to Jodensavanna (2719399509).jpg
image_caption	Village on the road to Jodensavanne
image_map	Para Resorts Suriname Neutral.png
map_caption	Map showing the resorts of Para District.
pushpin_label_position	bottom
pushpin_mapsize	300
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Suriname
subdivision_type1	District
subdivision_name1	Para District
area_total_km2	1441
population_as_of	2012
population_footnotes
population_total	343
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	AST
utc_offset	-3
elevation_m	20

Carolina is a resort in Suriname, located in the Para District. Its population at the 2012 census was 343. Most of the inhabitants are indigenous.

Settlements

The resort is home to the settlement of Jodensavanne, a Jewish autonomous area which was settled from 1652 onwards, and abandoned after a fire in 1832.

The village of Redi Doti (also Redidoti) is located near the site of Jodensavanne. The village has been founded in 1930, and is home to an indigenous population of about 100 people of mixed Carib and Arowak background.

Blaka Watra is a creek with very dark, near black water. Former Prime minister Johan Adolf Pengel built his country residence near the creek. The site was opened to the public in 1970, and became an important recreation area. During the Surinamese Interior War it was the scene of heavy fighting. It has been restored, and regained its status as a recreation area. Blaka Watra is located near the indigenous village Cassipora.

The Ndyuka people used to have five settlements on the Commewijne River. The most important were and . The villages were deserted during the Surinamese Interior War, and as of 2018, have very few permanent residents.

Transport

The resort Carolina is connected with the Avobakaweg to Paramaribo via the Carolinabrug. The bridge used to be located in the village of Carolina, however it was damaged, and new bridge has been built near Red Doti in 2014. The road used to continue to Snesiekondre on the Marowijne River, however the bridge over the Commewijne River near Java had been destroyed during the war, and has not been rebuilt.

References

"Resorts in Suriname Census 2012".
"Jodensavanna en de Joodse gemeenten".
(November 2023). "Education Redi Doti".
"De Afobakaweg".
"STRUCTUUR ANALYSE DISTRICTEN 2009-2013".
"Het inheemse dorp Redi Doti in het district Para maakt zich klaar voor het".
Marie-Josee Artist and Florence Rijsdijk. (March 2018). "A Historical Narrative of Traditional Lands around the Newmont Sabajo Project". [[Newmont]].
"Ingebruikname van de nieuwe Carolinabrug".
"Rehabilitatie weg naar Mapanégebied aangevangen".

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