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Brownsweg

Brownsweg is a town and resort in Suriname in the Brokopondo District. Its population at the 2012 census was 4,793.

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Settlement.name: Brownsweg
Settlement.settlement_type: Town and Resort
Settlement.image_skyline: File:View from the top of Brownsberg (33408895771).jpg
Settlement.image_caption: View from the Brownsberg
Settlement.image_map: Brokopondo resorts Suriname Neutral.png
Settlement.mapsize: 300px
Settlement.map_caption: Map showing the resorts of Brokopondo District.
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Suriname
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: District
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Brokopondo
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Resort (municipality)
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Brownsweg
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.area_total_km2: 731
Settlement.population_as_of: 1 January 2012

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Brownsweg is a town and resort in Suriname in the Brokopondo District. Its population at the 2012 census was 4,793.

==History== The town was named after the road that leads to the Brownsberg, and the Brownsberg Nature Park. It is situated near the Brokopondo Reservoir. In 1958 Brownsweg was built for the inhabitants of the area that was flooded after the construction of the Afobaka Dam. One of the main concerns was the transmigration of the 5,000 people living in the area. Bronsweg was a stop at the former Lawa Railway, and in 1959 the Prinses Marijke camp was built near the hamlet.