Kawemhakan
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Kawemhakan, formerly also known as Anapaikë, is a Wayana village in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. The village lies on the banks of the Lawa River, which forms the border with French Guiana.
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- Settlement.official_name
- Kawemhakan
- Settlement.other_name
- Anapaikë
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- Suriname
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- bottom
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- Location in Suriname
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- Country
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- Suriname
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
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- Sipaliwini District
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- Resort (municipality)
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- Tapanahony
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- Head captain
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- Ipomadi Pelenapïn
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- Captain
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Dosu
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020
- Settlement.population_total
- 200
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- Ethnicities
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Kawemhakan, formerly also known as Anapaikë, is a Wayana village in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. The village lies on the banks of the Lawa River, which forms the border with French Guiana.
== Name == The indigenous name of the village is Kawemhakan, which translates to "high riverbank" in the Wayana language. The village is also known by the name Anapaikë, which is the name of the late granman of the Wayana in Suriname, who died end july 2002. The Baptist missionaries called the village Lawa Station, and many Wayana still refer to the village as "Lawa".
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