Suriname interior

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The Suriname interior is a sparsely populated, heavily forested region of Suriname characterized by tropical rainforest, river systems, and the traditional territories of Maroon and Indigenous communities.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Eastern Suriname 2
eastern Suriname 1

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
borderFeature Brazilian border region
French Guiana border region NERFINISHED
Guyana border region
characterizedBy dense forest
river systems
sparsely populated areas
tropical rainforest
contains Brokopondo District NERFINISHED
Marowijne District NERFINISHED
Para District NERFINISHED
Saramacca District NERFINISHED
Sipaliwini District NERFINISHED
Upper Marowijne region NERFINISHED
Upper Suriname region
country Suriname NERFINISHED
economicActivity ecotourism
logging
small-scale gold mining
subsistence agriculture
governedBy Suriname central government NERFINISHED
hasClimate tropical rainforest climate
hasEcosystem Amazon rainforest NERFINISHED
tropical moist broadleaf forest
hasLandCover primary rainforest
riverine forest
savanna patches
hasLanguage Dutch
Indigenous languages
Maroon languages
Sranan Tongo NERFINISHED
hasLocalGovernance traditional Indigenous authorities
traditional Maroon authorities
hasMajorRiver Coppename River NERFINISHED
Corantijn River NERFINISHED
Marowijne River NERFINISHED
Saramacca River NERFINISHED
Suriname River NERFINISHED
Tapanahony River NERFINISHED
hasProtectedArea Brownsberg Nature Park NERFINISHED
Central Suriname Nature Reserve NERFINISHED
Galibi Nature Reserve NERFINISHED
hasTransportMode river transport
small aircraft
unpaved roads
inhabitedBy Akurio Indigenous people NERFINISHED
Aluku Maroons NERFINISHED
Kalin’a Indigenous people NERFINISHED
Kwinti Maroons NERFINISHED
Lokono Indigenous people NERFINISHED
Matawai Maroons NERFINISHED
Ndyuka Maroons NERFINISHED
Saramaka Maroons NERFINISHED
Trio Indigenous people NERFINISHED
Wayana Indigenous people NERFINISHED
locatedIn Suriname NERFINISHED
locatedInContinent South America
partOf Suriname NERFINISHED
populationDensity low
threatenedBy deforestation
illegal logging
mercury pollution from gold mining
traditionalTerritoryOf Indigenous peoples
Maroons NERFINISHED

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Ndyuka Maroons primaryResidence Suriname interior
Aluku language region Suriname interior
this entity surface form: Eastern Suriname
Aukan region Suriname interior
this entity surface form: Eastern Suriname
Njuká region Suriname interior
this entity surface form: eastern Suriname