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Klaaskreek

FieldValue
official_nameKlaaskreek
settlement_typeResort
image_mapBrokopondo resorts Suriname Neutral.png
mapsize300px
map_captionMap showing the resorts of Brokopondo District.
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subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameSuriname
subdivision_type1District
subdivision_name1Brokopondo District
area_total_km2349
population_as_of2012
population_footnotes
population_total2,124
population_density_km2auto
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Klaaskreek is a resort in Suriname, located in the Brokopondo District. Its population at the 2012 census was 2,124. Located northeast of Brokopondo, the main town is Reinsdorp. In 2007, a technical training centre in biological agriculture was established at Klaaskreek to teach locals about enhancing agriculture in the area.

History

Around 1860 an expedition led by J. Rosenberg set out to discover gold. Even though some gold was discovered near Victoria, the government decided not to pursue the matter. Rosenberg however persisted, established the New-York and Surinam Company, and finally received a concession in 1870. The company failed to meet its objectives, and the concession was nullified in 1874.

Klaaskreek is situated in the proximity of the Brokopondo Reservoir. In 1958 Klaaskreek was designated as one of the transmigration towns for the inhabitants of the area that was flooded after the construction of the Afobaka Dam, and the main settlement for people from Ganzee. Klaaskreek is a tribal area mainly inhabited by Maroons.

Klaaskreek has a school, police station, civil engineering company., river resort, and a beach called Benastrand. Medische Zending operates a clinic in the town.

Towns

Other villages in the resort include Berg en Dal, Kapasikélé, Njun Lombe, Mujékiki, and Reinsdorp. In 1960, an agriculture pilot project was started in Brokobaka, Centrum. The project led to a palm oil plantation and factory in the former plantation of Victoria. however the Surinamese Interior War and lethal yellowing resulted in the closure of the factory in 1996.

References

References

  1. "Resorts in Suriname Census 2012".
  2. "United Nations Development Programme".
  3. (1916). "Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch West-Indië - Page 312 - Goudindustrie".
  4. "Onderzoek Regionaal plan Bronsweg 2015-2040".
  5. "Nostalgie en toch toekomstgericht denken en handelen".
  6. "Surinaams dorpje baalt van ‘smerig’ bedrijf".
  7. "New Babunhol River Resort".
  8. "Klaaskreek".
  9. "Zorggebied".
  10. "Distrikt Brokopondo".
  11. "Plantages / P / Phedra".
  12. "Oliepalmproductie zou geen prioriteit moeten zijn".
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