Brokopondo is a district of Suriname

Suriname

Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...

. Its capital city

Capital City

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 is Brokopondo

Brokopondo

Brokopondo is a capital town of the Brokopondo District, Suriname. It is located on the west shore of the Suriname river, just north of the Afobaka dam. Brokopondo can be reached via the road from Paranam to Afobaka. There's a granite monument made by sculptor Jo Rens, displaying two men: one...

; other towns include Brownsweg

Brownsweg

Brownsweg is a town and resort in Suriname....

 and Kwakoegron

Kwakoegron

Kwakoegron is a town and resort in Suriname.It is located inland, due south of Paramaribo. According to the 2004 census it has a population of 102.-See also:* Akan names...

.

The district has a population

Population

A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...

 of 8,340, and an area

Area

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 of 7,364 square kilometres.

Brokopondo district is the site of a large reservoir, the Brokopondo Reservoir

Brokopondo Reservoir

The Brokopondo Reservoir, officially named Professor Doctor Ingenieur W. J. van Blommestein Meer, and also called the Brokopondostuwmeer, is a large reservoir in the South American country Suriname. It is named after the Surakarta-born Dutch hydrological engineer Willem Johan van Blommestein...

 near Afobakka (built between 1961 and 1964), which produces hydroelectric power that provides approximately half of the domestic electrical need.

The district has several waterfall

Waterfall

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s, including the Irene Falls and Leo Falls. In the rainforest

Rainforest

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 of Brokopondo, there are large reserves where a diverse variety of wildlife

Wildlife

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 exists.

Recently, gold

Gold

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 has been discovered in the Brokopondo district, and this has led to many new settlers arriving in the district, both from other parts of Suriname and from the rest of the world.

Resorts

Brokopondo is divided into 6 resorts (ressorten):

• Brownsweg
  Brownsweg
  Brownsweg is a town and resort in Suriname....
  
  
• Centrum
  Centrum
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• Klaaskreek
  Klaaskreek
  Klaaskreek is a resort in Suriname, located in the Brokopondo District. Its population at the 2004 census was 1,317. Located northeast of Brokopondo, the main town in Reinsdorp. In 2007, a technical training centre in biological agriculture was established at Klaaskreek to teach locals about...
  
  
• Kwakoegron
  Kwakoegron
  Kwakoegron is a town and resort in Suriname.It is located inland, due south of Paramaribo. According to the 2004 census it has a population of 102.-See also:* Akan names...
  
  
• Marshallkreek
  Marshallkreek
  Marshallkreek is a resort in Suriname, located in the Brokopondo District. Its population at the 2004 census was 1,001....
  
  
• Sarakreek
  Sarakreek
  Sarakreek is a resort in Suriname, located in the Brokopondo District. Its population at the 2004 census was 4,913.It contains the Sarakreek Airstrip....