Abenaston
Abenaston is a village on the Upper Suriname River in Suriname with a population of about 700 people in 2005. The population consists of Saramaka Maroons.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 700 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Abene-oton”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jaw Jaw and Pokigron.
Jaw Jaw
Village
Jaw Jaw, also Yaw Yaw, is a village of Saamaka Maroons in the Boven Suriname resort of the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. The village is located on the Suriname River. Jaw Jaw is situated 3½ km southwest of Abenaston.
Pokigron
Town
Photo: NullAspect, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pokigron is a town in Suriname located on the Upper Suriname River near the Brokopondo Reservoir. It is located in the Boven Suriname municipality in the Sipaliwini District. Pokigron is situated 4½ km north of Abenaston.
Zoewatta
Hamlet
Zoewatta is a village in the Boven Suriname municipality in Sipaliwini District in Suriname. It is located on Brokopondo Reservoir. Nearby towns and villages include Wittikamba, Baikutu Adawai and Abenaston. Zoewatta is situated 10 km northeast of Abenaston.
Abenaston
- Category: locality
- Location: Sipaliwini District, Suriname, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
4.4517° or 4° 27′ 6″ northLongitude
-55.35482° or 55° 21′ 17″ westPopulation
700Elevation
82 metres (269 feet)Open location code
68P6FJ2W+M3OpenStreetMap ID
node 4454781897OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3384859Wikidata ID
Q1135374
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Sranan Tongo—“Abenaston” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Abenaston”
- Indonesian: “Abenaston”
- Korean: “아베나스턴”
- Persian: “ابناستون”
- Polish: “Abenaston”
- Romanian: “Abenaston”
- Spanish: “Abenaston”
- Sranan Tongo: “Abenaston”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Abenaston”. Photo: S23678, CC BY-SA 3.0.