Moengo
Sign in to saveMoengo () is a town in Suriname, located in the Marowijne district, between Paramaribo and the border town Albina on the Cottica River. Moengo is also a resort (municipality) in the district of Marowijne. Moengo was the capital of Marowijne District between 1932 and 1945. The current capital is Albina.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Moengo
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Resort
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Tropenmuseum Royal Tropical Institute Objectnumber 60006898 Bauxietfabriek van Moengo.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Bauxite factory
- Settlement.image_map
- Marowijne Resorts Suriname Neutral.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Resorts of Marowijne District.
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Marowijne District
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1117
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2012
- Settlement.population_total
- 10,834
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- AST
- Settlement.utc_offset
- -3
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 25
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Moengo () is a town in Suriname, located in the Marowijne district, between Paramaribo and the border town Albina on the Cottica River. Moengo is also a resort (municipality) in the district of Marowijne. Moengo was the capital of Marowijne District between 1932 and 1945. The current capital is Albina.
==History== Moengo started as a Maroon village on top of a hill overlooking the Cottica River. The settlement was later abandoned due to the difficulty of building houses on the bauxite rich ground. In 1916, Alcoa founded the first bauxite mine in Suriname, and this marks the beginning of the current town. Moengo was designed in 1919 to house 4,000 people. It would become a major centre for the mining and storage of bauxite.