Abontjeman
Former settlement in Brokopondo, Suriname
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Abontjeman is an abandoned settlement in Brokopondo District, Suriname.[1] It was located along the Sara Creek,[2] and used to be inhabited by maroons.[3] The village was flooded in 1964 after the construction of the Afobaka Dam.[4]
Abontjeman | |
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Former settlement | |
  Abontjeman Location in Suriname | |
| Coordinates: 4°53′35″N 54°57′29″W | |
| Country |  Suriname |
| District | Brokopondo |
| Resort | Sarakreek |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (ART) |
Abontjeman used to have a train station on the Lawa Railway.[5] In the 1920s, Elwyn Benjamin Fairweather, a bauxite entrepreneur from British Honduras, cleared a 40 kilometres (25 mi) long path from Abontjeman to the Marowijne River with the intention of building of road.[6][7] Fairweather's company ceased to exist in 1943.[8]
