Poeketi
Poeketi or Puketi is a Ndyuka village in Suriname. It lies in Sipaliwini District. On May 15, 2010, a plane crashed near Poeketi.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Sipaliwini District, Suriname
- Also known as: “Piketi”, “Piketie”, and “Puketi”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Poeketi Airstrip and Gran Olo.
Poeketi hydroelectric power plant
Industrial building
The Puketi hydroelectric power plant was a micro hydropower plant constructed near the village of Puketi in Suriname, with a capacity of 50 kW. The plant provided electricity between 1981 and 1987 before it went into disrepair.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moitaki and Diitabiki.
Moitaki
Hamlet
Moitaki is a Ndyuka village in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. The village is inhabited by the Misidyan clan or lo. The late gaanman Gazon Matodya was born in Moitaki. Moitaki is situated 2½ km west of Poeketi.
Diitabiki
Village
Drietabbetje is a Ndyuka village in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. Diitabiki is the residence of the gaanman of the Ndyuka people, since 1950, and the location of the oracle. Diitabiki is situated 6 km west of Poeketi.
Poeketi
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Sipaliwini District, Suriname, South America
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Latitude
4.12648° or 4° 7′ 35″ northLongitude
-54.62709° or 54° 37′ 38″ westElevation
73 metres (240 feet)Open location code
68P749GF+H5OpenStreetMap ID
node 6750116099OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Irish—“Poeketi” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Poeketi”
- Irish: “Puketi”
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Highlights include Gran Olo hydrolectric Power Plant and Gold.
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