Lensidede

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Abunasunga
Lensidede
Abunasunga is located in French Guiana
Abunasunga
Abunasunga
Location in French Guiana
Coordinates: 4°1′37″N 54°19′57″W / 4.02694°N 54.33250°W / 4.02694; -54.33250
CountryFrance
Overseas regionFrench Guiana
ArrondissementSaint-Laurent-du-Maroni
CommunePapaïchton
Government
 • CaptainKanailu
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total50

Abunasunga or Abouna Sounga, also known as Lensidede or Lessé Dédé, is a Wayana village on an island in the Lawa River.[2] As the Lawa River forms the border between Suriname and French Guiana, its territorial status is ambiguous. Abunasunga is usually listed as a French village however, together with the French Aluku villages.[3]

History

Abunasunga was founded by Wayana chief Kanailu, who left the village of Kawemhakan after a conflict with granman Anapaikë about the influence of the Baptist mission on Wayana life in Kawemhakan. Abunasunga is unique among Wayana villages in that it lies in the territory inhabited by Aluku.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ "Dorpen en Dorpsbesturen". Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden in Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  2. ^ Heemskerk et al. 2007, p. 38.
  3. ^ Boven 2006, p. 181.
  4. ^ Boven 2006, pp. 180–181.

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