Vier Gebroeders
Vier Gebroeders
Mamija | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Vier Gebroeders Location in Suriname | |
| Coordinates: 1°57′45″N 55°55′47″W / 1.9625°N 55.929722°W | |
| Country |  Suriname |
| District | Sipaliwini |
| Resort | Coeroeni |
| Elevation | 335 m (1,099 ft) |
Vier Gebroeders (English: Four Brothers) or Mamija[1] is a Tiriyó[2] village in the Coeroeni resort of the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. Vier Gebroeders is close to the Brazilian border. The village is not named after four brothers, but after the Vier Gebroeders Mountain (560 metres) with four peaks.[3]
In October 1935, the area was first explored by A.J.H. van Lynden.[3] Vier Gebroeders does not have a school or a clinic.[4]
In 2009, a contract was signed with the Dalian company, to construct a road from Pokigron to Brazil via Vier Gebroeders, however the project has not started as of May 2020.[5]
Airstrip
Vier Gebroeders is served by the Vier Gebroeders Airstrip.[6] The airstrip was built as a private airstrip for a cattle farm founded by the American entrepreneur Curtis O. Meyers. Meyers gained permission from the Surinamese government to found a cattle farm in the Sipaliwini Savanna in 1967.[7] Although cattle were indeed imported, the premature death of Meyers in an accident meant that the cattle farm never started in earnest. During an expedition to the Sipaliwini savanna in 1969, two employees of the Geologisch Mijnbouwkundige Dienst and Dienst 's Lands Bosbeheer stayed at the abandoned farm and indeed encountered cattle.[8]
References
- ^ "Palmblad April 2007" (PDF). okopipi (in Dutch). April 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "Dorpen en Dorpsbesturen". Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden in Suriname (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Op zoek naar de Zuidgrens" (PDF). Sipaliwini Savanna. 1938. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "Planning Office Suriname - Districts" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "Een weg komt nooit alleen" (PDF). University of Amsterdam (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "Vier Gebroeders, Suriname". GC Map. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ Amigoe di Curacao - Nieuws uit Suriname, 20 May 1967.
- ^ F.C. Bubberman (2013) Kennismaking met de Sipaliwini-savanne