Apoera
Sign in to saveApoera, also Apura, is a town in western Suriname. The village has a population of 777 people as of 2020. It owns the community of Tropica. It is the final destination of the Southern East-West Link. north-west on the other side of the Courantyne River lies the Guyanese village of Orealla. The village is home to the Lokono tribe, but has been westernized. Due to the influx of people of Guyana, the languages used are English, and Sranan Tongo. Dutch is rarely spoken and the native language has all but disappeared. According to the oral tradition, Apoera was founded around 1920 by the Gordon fam
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- Apoera
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- West Suriname
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- Apura
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- The river at Apoera
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Country
- Suriname
- Located in
- Sipaliwini District
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- Apoera Suriname - panoramio.jpg
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- Courantyne River
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Apoera, also Apura, is a town in western Suriname. The village has a population of 777 people as of 2020. It owns the community of Tropica. It is the final destination of the Southern East-West Link. north-west on the other side of the Courantyne River lies the Guyanese village of Orealla. The village is home to the Lokono tribe, but has been westernized. Due to the influx of people of Guyana, the languages used are English, and Sranan Tongo. Dutch is rarely spoken and the native language has all but disappeared. According to the oral tradition, Apoera was founded around 1920 by the Gordon family.
==Geography== Apoera is part of the Kabalebo resort in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. This town is situated on the Surinamese (Eastern) Bank of the river Corantijn and has about 777 inhabitants, originally mainly Ameridians of the Lokono tribe. Apoera, apart from over the river, is also accessible via the road link Zanderij-Bitagron-Camp 52 (the southern east–west link). It is located about 24 km from the Guyanese village of Orealla. The town of Apoera is situated in the close vicinity of the Amerindian Village Washabo, the Tiriyó village of Sandlanding, and the Washabo Airstrip. Up to 1995, the villages of Apoera, Washabo and Section were governed by the same chieftain due to their close vicinity.