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Palasisi

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Palasisi
Mapahpan
Palasisi is located in French Guiana
Palasisi
Palasisi
Location in French Guiana
Coordinates: 3°17′27″N 54°5′1″W / 3.29083°N 54.08361°W / 3.29083; -54.08361
CountryFrance
Overseas regionFrench Guiana
ArrondissementSaint-Laurent-du-Maroni
CommuneMaripasoula
Population
 (2009)
 • Total15[1]

Palasisi, also named Mapahpan or Palassisi, is a Wayana village on an island in the Litani River.[2][1][3] The village was founded by Wayanas who emigrated from Brazil.[3]

Name

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Palasisi means "white man" in the Wayana language and is usually reserved for the French.[4] Wapahpan means "place of the Wapa tree".[2]

Geography

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Palasisi lies about 700 m (2,300 ft) downstream the Litani River from the village of Pëleya and 1.5 km (0.93 mi) upstream the Litani River from the village of Antecume Pata.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Duin 2009, pp. 138–139.
  2. ^ a b Fleury, Opoya & Aloïké 2016.
  3. ^ a b Gouin, Thomas (November 26, 2013). "Dossier : les Wayanas d'Antecume Pata". France Info. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  4. ^ Duin 2009, p. 466.

References

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