Lelydorp
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Coordinates: 5 ° 42 ′ N , 55 ° 13 ′ W Lelydorp on the map of Suriname
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| Country | Suriname | |
| District | Wanica | |
| Residents | 18,663 (2012) | |
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| Time zone | UTC −3 | |
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Lelydorp ( Sranantongo : Kofidjompo , Kofi sprang) is the capital and a resort in the district of Wanica in the Republic of Suriname . It is located about 18 km south of Paramaribo and has 18,663 inhabitants (Census 2012). After Paramaribo, it is the settlement with the most inhabitants in Suriname.
history
The place was created at the beginning of the 20th century. It is named after Governor Cornelis Lely . The place was given the Sranan name Kofidjompo because the escaping slave Kofi (who was born on a Friday) narrowly escaped his pursuers by jumping over a stream. When a railway line, the Lawabahn from Paramaribo to Dam , was built between 1903 and 1912 to develop the gold fields on the upper reaches of Suriname , Kofidjompo became an important stop on the originally 173 km long route. In order to pay tribute to the builder of the railway, engineer and governor Lely, the place was renamed Lelydorp. The route Paramaribo to Lelydorp was already in the 1950s and 1960s u. a. closed due to the expansion of the road network to Johan Adolf Pengel Airport .
Administrative center
Lelydorp is the administrative center of the Wanica district and the seat of the district commissioner. The population consists mostly of Surinamians of Javanese and Indian origin. The village, which has grown into a small town in the meantime, has around 15,500 inhabitants and is equipped with all the associated public facilities such as a. Police posts , fire brigade , clinics, schools and sports complexes. In 1983 a square in the center of the village was given the name Kofidjompo so that the old name is not forgotten .
Town twinning
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Lelystad ( Netherlands )
literature
- CFA Bruijning and J. Voorhoeve (red.): Encyclopedie van Suriname , Amsterdam a. Brussel 1977, BV Uitgeversmaatschappij Argus Elsevier; ISBN 90-10-01842-3 .
