Matta, Suriname
Matta
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|---|---|
Village | |
 Soldiers in Matta (1947) | |
  Matta Location within Suriname | |
| Coordinates: 5°27′09″N 55°19′22″W / 5.4525°N 55.322778°W | |
| Country |  Suriname |
| District | Para District |
| Resort | Zuid |
| Government | |
| • Captain | Wendeline Sabajo[1] |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 500 |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (AST) |
Matta (Arawak: Korhopa,[1] Eastern Maroon Creole: Mata)[2] also known as Matta Karupa[3] is an Indigenous village of Lokono[1] Amerindians in the resort of Zuid in the Para District in Suriname. The village can be accessed from a road which branches off the Southern East-West Link.
Overview
Matta has a school and a clinic.[4] Matta is connected to the road network of Suriname, however, the road was unpaved. In 2012, the government promised to pave the road.[5] In August 2018, the road was finally upgraded.[6] The economy of the village is mainly based on growing cassava.[3]
The village has been allocated a communal forest. In 2018, 203 hectares of the forest were awarded to[7] Creditmarket Investment Company NV, which had already started to clear the forest to make way for a planned industrial estate.[8]
Murder of Captain Karwofodi
On 13 August 2020, Captain Michael Karwofodi (67), the village chief, was murdered.[9] On 16 August, six teenagers aged 13 to 18 were arrested, and have confessed to the murder.[10] They were from the village and had been removed from the community house by the chief for misbehaving.[11] They confessed that they intended to rob Karwofodi of his money and jewelry.[12] On 21 June 2022, Raphael S, the leader of the group, was sentenced to 12 years for murder and robbery.[13]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Dorpen en Dorpsbesturen". Vereniging van inheemse dorpshoofden in Suriname (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- ↑ "Aukan–English Dictionary". SIL Global.
- 1 2 "Nieuw dorpsbestuur Matta richt zich op ontwikkeling". Werkgroep Caraibische Letteren (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ↑ "Planning Office Suriname - Districts" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch). 2014. p. 131. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ↑ "Geen geld voor asfaltering wegen Para". Dagblad De West (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ↑ "Kapitein Matta blij met aanpak rijweg". Alles in SU (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ↑ "Vids strijdt tegen 'massale' gronduitgifte". De Ware Tijd via Fathh (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ↑ "Activiteiten ondernemer zet Matta onder druk". Dagblad Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ↑ "Kapitein Matta dood aangetroffen in woning". Waterkant (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ↑ "Zes tieners aangehouden voor moord op kapitein Matta". Waterkant (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ↑ "Village of Matta Mourns the Murder of Okono-Arawak Chief Michael Karwofodi". Last Real Indian. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ↑ "Twaalf jaar celstraf geëist voor roofmoord kapitein Karwafodi". Suriname times (in Dutch). 6 April 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- ↑ "Twaalf jaar cel voor roofmoord kapitein Matta". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
