Abontjeman
Submerged settlement · Suriname
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 4.893, -54.958
Why it was abandoned
🌊 Flooded
Based on the object's type in Wikidata.
History
Abontjeman is an abandoned settlement in Brokopondo District, Suriname. It was located along the Sara Creek, and used to be inhabited by maroons. The village was flooded in 1964 after the construction of the Afobaka Dam.