page_title: Sarakreek
hierarchical_section_title: Sarakreek
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Collectie / Archief&#160;: Fotocollectie Van de Poll Reportage / Serie&#160;: Nederlandse Antillen en Suriname ten tijde van het koninklijk bezoek van koningin Juliana en prins Bernhard in 1955 Beschrijving&#160;: Aanlegsteiger bij Koffiekamp Datum&#160;: oktober 1955 Locatie&#160;: Koffiekamp, Suriname, Surinamerivier Trefwoorden&#160;: bezoeken, koninginnen, rivieren Fotograaf&#160;: Poll, Willem van de Auteursrechthebbende&#160;: Nationaal Archief Materiaalsoort&#160;: Negatief (zwart/wit) Nummer archiefinventaris&#160;: bekijk toegang 2.24.14.02 Bestanddeelnummer&#160;: 252-4353
context_page_description: Sarakreek is a resort in the gold mining region of Brokopondo District in Suriname. Its population at the 2012 census was 3,076. It is served by the Sarakreek Airstrip.
  A large part of Sarakreek was flooded after the construction of the Afobaka Dam, and the villages which were lost in the Brokopondo Reservoir were resettled in Marshallkreek and Tapoeripa. The federation of Koffiekamp was among the lost villages, and consisted of three settlements: Maipa-ondo of the misidjan lo of clan founded in 1793, Baka Mbuju of the Njanfai-lo of clan, and Maria Hartmann founded Koffiekamp in 1851.
  Villages in the resort include: Baikoetoe, Duwatra, Lebidoti, and Zoewatta.
  Flooded villages: Abontjeman
context_section_description: Sarakreek is a resort (≈ municipality) in the gold mining region of Brokopondo District in Suriname.  Its population at the 2012 census was 3,076. It is served by the Sarakreek Airstrip.
  A large part of Sarakreek was flooded after the construction of the Afobaka Dam, and the villages which were lost in the Brokopondo Reservoir were resettled in Marshallkreek and Tapoeripa. The federation of Koffiekamp was among the lost villages, and consisted of three settlements: Maipa-ondo of the misidjan lo of clan founded in 1793, Baka Mbuju of the Njanfai-lo of clan, and Maria Hartmann founded Koffiekamp in 1851.
  Villages in the resort include: Baikoetoe, Duwatra, Lebidoti, and Zoewatta.
  Flooded villages: Abontjeman
caption: The former village of Koffiekamp (1955)
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