Antonio do Brinco
Albina 2 | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 3°38′33″N 54°1′27″W / 3.64250°N 54.02417°W | |
Country | Suriname |
District | Sipaliwini District |
Resort | Tapanahony |
Population (2015)
[1] | |
• Total | ca. 1,000 |
Antonio do Brinco, also Albina 2, [1] is a garimpeiros (illegal gold prospectors) village in the Tapanahony resort of the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. The village is located on the Lawa River, [2] and is next to Peruano, [3] and opposite Maripasoula in French Guiana. [1] The village is named after Antonio with the earring ( Portuguese: brinco) who constructed the first commercial building. [4]
The village has grown rapidly in the early 21st century, and contains a string of supermarkets, restaurants, bars and brothels, [1] who cater to both the gold prospectors and neighbouring French Guiana, because of lower prices. [5] Many shops offer customers free transportation from Maripasoula with their boats and canoes. [4]
The health situation in the village is dire. The river has been polluted with mercury. [5] There are no medical facilities in the village despite a high prevalence of HIV, malaria, [6] and during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was listed as a hot spot with many infections. [7] As it was founded illegally, it is not listed as an official settlement [8] and therefore has no school, no electricity other than private Diesel generators, no clean water supply, and no police station. [2] There are plans to open a clinic operated by Medische Zending in the village. [6]
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