Moiwana
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Moiwana is a Maroon village in the Marowijne district in the east of Suriname.
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- Moiwana
- Population
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Moiwana is a Maroon village in the Marowijne district in the east of Suriname.
== Massacre == thumb|left|Moiwana monument to the victims of the Moiwana massacre in [[Albina, Suriname]] The village was the scene of the Moiwana massacre on November 29, 1986, during the Suriname Guerrilla War between the Surinamese military regime, headed by Dési Bouterse, and the Jungle Commando led by Ronnie Brunswijk. The army attacked the village, killing at least 35 of the inhabitants, mostly women and children, and burned Brunswijk's house. The survivors fled with thousands of other inland inhabitants over the Marowijne River to neighboring French Guiana.
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