Totness, Suriname

Coordinates: 5°52′39″N 56°19′45″W / 5.87750°N 56.32917°W / 5.87750; -56.32917
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Totness is a town in

Coronie district, of which it is the capital. Totness is the oldest settlement in the district.[2]

History

Totness was settled by Scottish and English colonists from 1808 onward, and is named after Totnes, England.[3][2] In 1863, the area around Totness was designated for independent agriculture.[4] A market and a District Commissioner's Office on the former plantation Friendship were added to the resort. In the 1940s, a road was built linking Totness with Paramaribo which is nowadays part of the East-West Link.[5]

The Suriname-Guyana Submarine Cable System has its landing station in Totness. It connects the telecommunications networks in Suriname with those in

Piper Cub (PZ-NAC) of Kappel-van Eyck named "Colibri" landed there from Zorg en Hoop Airport.[7]

Totness has been designated as a regional centre, and is planned to be upgrade with a medium sized hotel and a proper city centre.[8] The village of Friendship is located is on the north side of the East-West link, and Totness is to the south.

Sports

The

SVB Eerste Klasse club F.C. West United.[9]

Tata Colin

Tata Colin (circa 1806 - 1836) was a slave on the plantation Leasowes near Totness. In 1835, he attempted a slave rebellion. His intention was to free all the slaves, but he was betrayed, taken to Paramaribo where he was tortured and tried.[10] Colin was taken to Fort Zeelandia to be hung, but died[11][12] or vanished using black magic,[10] before his sentence was carried out. His followers were sentenced to hard labour or public corporal punishment.[12]

A statue had been erected to Tata Colin in the central square of Totness, and the local school had been named after him.[13]

Notable people

Gallery

  • Church of Totness
    Church of Totness
  • Hidden house (1967)
    Hidden house (1967)
  • House in Totness
    House in Totness
  • Harbour of Totness (1906-1913)
    Harbour of Totness (1906-1913)

References

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  1. ^ "Resorts in Suriname Census 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Geschiedenis van Coronie". Coronie.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  3. ISBN 9789038924939
    , 2017
  4. ^ "Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch West-Indië - Page 441 - Landbouw" (PDF). Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). 1916. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Totness". Coronie.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  6. ^ Submarine Telecoms Forum, Issue 52, retrieved August 1, 2010
  7. ^ "Flying on trusted wings". Issuu (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  8. ^ "STRUCTUUR ANALYSE DISTRICTEN 2009-2013" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Stadiums in Suriname". Worldstadiums.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  10. ^ a b Digital Library for Dutch Literature, Ruud Mungroo (1982). "Tata Colin" (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Tata Colin". Spangle Fish. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  12. ^ a b "OSO. Tijdschrift voor Surinaamse taalkunde, letterkunde en geschiedenis. Jaargang 13" (in Dutch). 1994. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Monuments". Anda Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  14. ^ Jozef Slagveer, Digital Library for Dutch Literature. "totness" (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  15. ^ Michaël Slory, Digital Library for Dutch Literature. "Ik zal zingen om de zon te laten opkomen" (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  16. ^ Ervin Tjon-A-Loi at National-Football-Teams.com
  17. ^ "Letitia Vriesde". Suriname Athletics (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  18. ^ "Emile Wijntuin viert 90ste verjaardag". Suriname Herald (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 May 2020.

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