Kwamalasamutu

Kwamalasamutu
Kwamalasamoetoe
Village
Kwamalasamutu
Location in Suriname
Coordinates: 2°21′23″N 56°47′12″W / 2.35639°N 56.78667°W / 2.35639; -56.78667
CountrySuriname
DistrictSipaliwini
ResortCoeroeni
Government
 • GranmanJimmy Toeroemang
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
1,100

Kwamalasamutu, also Kwamalasamoetoe, is a Tiriyó Amerindian village in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname, and home to the granman (paramount chief) of the northern Trios. Kwamalasamutu is the biggest village of the Tiriyó tribe and is located near the disputed border with Guyana.

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