Jodensavanne

Jodensavanne was a Jewish plantation community in , , and was for a time the centre of Jewish life in the colony. It was established in the 1600s by Sephardi Jews and became more developed and wealthy after a group of Jews fleeing persecution in Brazil settled there in the 1660s.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 17 metres (56 feet)
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as
    “Joden Savana”
    “Joden Savanna”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Redi Doti and Carolina.
is an Indigenous village of Lokono and…
is a resort in , located in the . is situated 2½ km northwest of Jodensavanne.
is an Indigenous village of Lokono… is situated 6 km southeast of Jodensavanne.

Jodensavanne

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Latitude
5.42941° or 5° 25′ 46″ north
Longitude
-54.98428° or 54° 59′ 3″ west
Open location code
68Q7C2H8+Q7
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Jodensavanne” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جودنسافان”
  • Armenian: “Յոդենսավաննա”
  • Belarusian: “Ёдэнсавана”
  • Chinese: “尤登薩瓦內”
  • Chinese: “犹太萨凡纳”
  • Chinese: “猶太薩凡納”
  • Croatian: “Jodensavanne”
  • Czech: “Jodensavanne”
  • Dutch: “Joden Savana”
  • Dutch: “Jodensavanna”
  • Dutch: “Jodensavanne”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جودنسافان”
  • Finnish: “Jodensavanne”
  • French: “Jodensavanne”
  • Galician: “Jodensavanne”
  • German: “Jodensavanne”
  • Hebrew: “יודן סוואנה”
  • Hebrew: “יודנסוואנה”
  • Irish: “Jodensavanne”
  • Italian: “Jodensavanne”
  • Maltese: “Jodensavanne”
  • Polish: “Jodensavanne”
  • Portuguese: “Jodensavanne”
  • Russian: “Йоденсаванна”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jodensavanne”
  • Spanish: “Jodensavanne”
  • Swedish: “Jodensavanne”
  • Turkish: “Jodensavanne”
  • Turkish: “Surinam’daki Yahudilerin tarihi”
  • Turkish: “Surinam’ın Yahudi tarihi”
  • Turkish: “Yahudi Savanası”
  • Vietnamese: “Jodensavanne”

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