Sarakreek is a resort (≈ municipality) in the gold mining region of Brokopondo District in Suriname . Its population at the 2012 census was 3,076. It is served by the Sarakreek Airstrip . The resort is named after the eponymous creek .
3-615: A large part of Sarakreek was flooded after the construction of the Afobaka Dam , and the villages which were lost in the Brokopondo Reservoir were resettled in Marshallkreek and Tapoeripa . Villages in the resort include: Baikutu , Duwatra, Lebidoti , and Zoewatta . Flooded villages include: Abontjeman and Ganzee . The federation of Koffiekamp was among the lost villages, and consisted of three settlements: Maipa-ondo of
6-584: The Suriname River near Afobaka in Brokopondo District of Suriname . The primary purpose of the dam is to generate hydroelectric power and it supports a 180 MW power station. In 1958, Suriname Aluminum Company LLC ( Suralco [ nl ] ), a subsidiary of Alcoa , gained an agreement with the Suriname government to build the dam to power an aluminium smelter . Construction began in 1961 and it
9-516: The misidjan lo of clan founded in 1793, Baka Mbuju of the Njanfai-lo of clan, and Maria Hartmann founded Koffiekamp in 1851. Koffiekamp was located at the confluence of the Sara Creek and the Suriname River . This Suriname location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Afobaka Dam The Afobaka Dam is an embankment dam with a main gravity dam section on
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