Saramacca District
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Map of Suriname showing Saramacca district |
Saramacca is a district of
Suriname, in the north. Saramacca's
capital city is
Groningen, with other towns and cities including
Batavia and
Boskamp.
Saramacca has a
population of 13,600 and an
area of 3,636 km².
The district has traditionally been the site of dozens of small, family owned
farming communities, and it has only been recently that large agricultural projects have begun to emerge, primarily geared to the production of
bananas and
rice.
The district is known for its
birds, with
ornithologists and
birdwatchers coming from all over the world to study and admire Saramacca's
toucans,
parrots and
cocks-of-the-rock.
Saramacca, usually spelled
saramaka is also the name of a group of
Maroons who established communities along the
Saramacca River having fled
slavery.
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