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Boven Coppename
Resort
Van Stockumberg viewed from Mt. Voltzberg
Map showing the resorts of Sipaliwini District.  Boven Coppename
Country	Suriname
District	Sipaliwini District
Area
• Total	15,839 km (6,115 sq mi)
Population
• Total	539
• Density	0.034/km (0.088/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-3 (AST)

Boven Coppename is a resort in Suriname, located in the Sipaliwini District. Its population at the 2012 census was 539. The resort is mainly inhabited by indigenous people of the Tiriyó, and Maroons of the Kwinti tribe. The main village is Bitagron. Other villages include Corneliskondre and Donderskamp.

Nature

The area is covered with a high dry land forest and mist forests at high altitudes. The resort is home to the Emma Range, a mountainous range located between the drainage basin of the Saramacca and the Coppename River. The highest mountain in Suriname, Julianatop is located in Boven Coppename.

References

1. ^ "Planning Office Suriname - Districts" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 May 2020.
2. "Resorts in Suriname Census 2012" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
3. Migge, Bettina; Léglise, Isabelle (2013). Exploring Language in a Multilingual Context: Variation, Interaction and Ideology in Language Documentation. New York: Cambridge University Press.
4. "De natuurwetenschappelijke expeditie naar de emmaketen in Suriname, juli-oktober 1959". Naturalis (in Dutch). 1959. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
5. "Militairen banen weg naar expeditie in Suriname". Haarlem's Dagblad via Delpher (in Dutch). 11 June 1959. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
6. "Surinaamse vlag wappert op de Juliana Top". Waterkant (in Dutch). 15 September 2006. Retrieved 29 May 2020.

4°32′17.14″N 56°15′19.77″W / 4.5380944°N 56.2554917°W / 4.5380944; -56.2554917

v t e Districts and resorts of Suriname
Brokopondo District	Brownsweg Centrum Klaaskreek Kwakoegron Marshallkreek Sarakreek
Commewijne District	Alkmaar Bakkie Margaretha Meerzorg Nieuw Amsterdam Tamanredjo
Coronie District	Johanna Maria Totness Welgelegen
Marowijne District	Albina Galibi Moengo Moengotapoe Patamacca Wanhatti
Nickerie District	Groot Henar Nieuw Nickerie Oostelijke Polders Wageningen Westelijke Polders
Para District	Bigi Poika Carolina Noord Oost Zuid
Paramaribo District	Beekhuizen Blauwgrond Centrum Flora Latour Livorno Munder Pontbuiten Rainville Tammenga Weg naar Zee Welgelegen
Saramacca District	Calcutta Groningen Jarikaba Kampong Baroe Tijgerkreek Wayamboweg
Sipaliwini District	Boven Coppename Boven Saramacca Boven Suriname Coeroeni Kabalebo Pamacca Tapanahony
Wanica District	De Nieuwe Grond Domburg Houttuin Koewarasan Kwatta Lelydorp Saramacca Polder

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