Maripaston
Abandoned village · Suriname
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 5.261, -55.430
Why it was abandoned
❔ Cause unknown
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History
Maripaston was a village situated in the Bigi Poika resort of the Para District, Suriname. The village was located along the Saramacca River and used to be the main village of the Matawai maroons, a group of descendants of African slaves who escaped and formed their own communities in the interior of Suriname.