Manlobi
Malobi | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 4°16′05″N 54°29′56″W / 4.268056°N 54.498889°W | |
Country | Suriname |
District | Sipaliwini District |
Resort | Tapanahony |
Government | |
• Captain | Alikani Godo [1] |
Time zone | UTC-3 (AST) |
Manlobi (also: Malobi [2]) is a village of Ndyuka Maroons in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. The village is located on an island in the Tapanahony River. [1]
Manlobi was built by runaway slaves from the plantations. [3] In 1797, it was reported that there was a village on this location. [4]
Manlobi has a school, and a Methodist church. [2] In 2010, a communication mast was placed on the Berayu mountain near the village, providing the village with mobile phone access. [5]
In 2007, Freedom Resources, a gold mining company, procured a large concession on the left shore of the river and built a settlement near the landing ground with a supermarket. [6] The mining activities have attracted skalians, illegal gold dredges, who pollute the river with mercury. [1]
In 2009, the short documentary Trypps #6 by Ben Russell was shot in Manlobi. [7]