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Afobaka is a village in the Brokopondo District of Suriname. Between 1960 and 1964, the 1913 meter-long Afobaka Dam was built on the Suriname River, creating the Brokopondo Reservoir. The Afobaka Airstrip is nearby.

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Region
Brokopondo
Country
Suriname
Population
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Instance of
human settlement
Country
Suriname
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Tropenmuseum Royal Tropical Institute Objectnumber 60044067 Stuwdam in aanbouw voor de waterkrach.jpg
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Afobaka is a village in the Brokopondo District of Suriname. Between 1960 and 1964, the 1913 meter-long Afobaka Dam was built on the Suriname River, creating the Brokopondo Reservoir. The Afobaka Airstrip is nearby.

== Healthcare == Afobaka is home to a Medische Zending healthcare centre.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Afobaka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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