Nieuw Jacobkondre (also Njoeng Jacob Kondre or just Jacobkondre ) is a town in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname . It is situated on the Saramacca River . The village is inhabited by Matawai people .
5-521: The village of Jacobkondre was founded in the 1860s by Jacob Tooti. The original village was deserted around 1910, and a new settlement was built nearby. The village has a school, clinic, and church. In 2014, a police station was opened in Nieuw Jacobkondre, because of increased crime at the nearby gold mines and the garimpero (illegal gold miner) village of Villa Brazil . Nieuw Jacobkondre can be reached via an unpaved road which connects to
10-762: Is a garimpeiros (illegal gold prospector) village in the Boven Saramacca resort of the Sipaliwini District of Suriname . Gold was discovered in the Rosebel area in 1879. More than century after, in 2004, a commercial exploitation started at the Rosebel Gold Mines . Illegal gold miners started to exploit the Matawai area near Nieuw Jacobkondre . Villa Brazil was founded illegally by Brazilian gold miners, and contains dwellings for
15-454: Is performed by building of sluice boxes . Mercury is poured over the dirt with bare hands. The method leaves much gold undetected, and therefore some miners are using metal detectors . The mercury pollution in the area is both an environment problem, and a health hazard. Most of the gold gets transported to the North of Paramaribo where the gold buyers are located. In 2021, a badge system
20-484: The Southern East-West Link and from there to the rest of the country. The Njoeng Jacob Kondre Airstrip also serves Nieuw Jacobkondre. 4°56′00″N 55°32′00″W / 4.93333°N 55.5333°W / 4.93333; -55.5333 This Suriname location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Villa Brazil Villa Brazil (also Villa Brasil )
25-498: The gold miners and several commercial shops. The village has become known as an area with a high rate of crime. Complaints of the nearby villagers who had rely on a police station in Kwakoegron have resulted the establishment of a police station in Nieuw Jacobkondre in 2014. Concerning morbidity , malaria is prevalent in the village. In late 2020, Villa Brazil was at the centre of a COVID-19 outbreak. The gold mining
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