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Ganzee

Submerged settlement · Suriname

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
4.833, -55.100
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Why it was abandoned

🌊 Flooded

Detected automatically from the text: Drowned village in Suriname

History

Ganzee is a former village in the Brokopondo District of Suriname. The village was home to Maroons of the Saramaka tribe, and located on the Suriname River. In 1965, the village was flooded after the construction of the Afobaka Dam.

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