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    The Maroni (French: [maʁɔni]) or Marowijne (Dutch: [maːroːˈʋɛinə]; Sranan Tongo: Marwina-Liba) is a river in South America that forms the border between...
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  • maroni in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Maroni may refer to: Maroni (river), a river in South America Maroni, Cyprus, a village in Cyprus Maroni (name)...
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    on 31 March 1852. The prison at St-Laurent-du-Maroni was established on the banks of the Maroni River on 21 February 1858. All the prisoners sent from...
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    Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ loʁɑ̃ dy maʁɔni], lit. 'Saint-Laurent of the Maroni'; French Guianese Creole: Sen-Laurent-di-Maronni)...
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    (there exists no other bridge crossing the Oyapock River, and no bridge crossing the Maroni River marking the border with Suriname, although there is...
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    Marowijne river (Maroni river), which forms the border with French Guiana, directly opposite the French Guianan town of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, to which...
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    at a width of 285  metres (312 yards). Thus, the Lawa River was the headwater of the Maroni River. There were no problems with this decision until 1885...
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  • France, he was transported in 1933 to the prison of St-Laurent-du-Maroni on the Maroni River, in the penal settlement of mainland French Guiana. According...
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  • the associated leper colony at an island near Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni. The Maroni River carried them to the Atlantic Ocean, and they sailed to the northwest...
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  • 135 square miles. It is separated from Surinam (Dutch Guiana) by the Maroni River and two of its tributaries, the Aoua and Itany, in the west, and from...
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    Itany is a river which forms part of the boundary between Suriname and French Guiana. It is a tributary, or the upper course, of the Maroni. The boundary...
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    the Maroni and the Mana rivers (in particular, the communities of Awala-Yalimapo, the only one where they are a majority, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Mana...
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  • Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni Airport (IATA: LDX, ICAO: SOOM) is an airport serving Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, a commune of French Guiana. The city is on the Maroni River, the...
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    Islands Îlet la Mère Palasisi, island in the Litani River Île Portal, island in the Maroni River Paraguay is a landlocked country with no ocean islands...
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  • is a List of international river borders. Rivers that form any portion of the border between two countries minimum: Rivers that form borders between countries...
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    airline. The commune can be accessed only by air, or by boat via the Maroni river. The unpaved path between Maripasoula and Papaïchton will be turned into...
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    Dutch West Indies Company slave ship Leusden capsizes and sinks in the Maroni River during its arrival in Surinam. The Dutch crew escapes, and leaves the...
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    Maroons, descendants of escaped African slaves, live primarily along the Maroni River. Most East Indian Hindus and Muslims live in Guyana and Suriname which...
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    confluence with the Litani, and both rivers continue as the Lawa River. The Lawa in turn flows into the Maroni which has its mouth at the Atlantic Ocean...
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    among the Apalai, 400 in Suriname, and 1,000 in French Guiana, along the Maroni River. About half of them still speak their original language. According to...
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  • Gakaba Airstrip (IATA: SMGA) is an airstrip near Gakaba, a hamlet on the Maroni River in Suriname. The runway is just west of the hamlet. Charter airlines...
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    resulted in many Alukus seeking refuge in France on the other side of the Maroni River. In 1895, the village was founded by Granman Ochi. At the time, Boniville...
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    a species of cichlid found in fresh water from the Aruka River in Guyana, to the Maroni River in Suriname. It is often found on flooded savannas near the...
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    seashore or by any means other than airplane or pirogue via the Maroni and Oyapock rivers. The protected area covers some 20,300 square kilometres (7,840 sq mi)...
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    (Courantyne River) Maroni River, 5°44′45″N 53°58′06″W / 5.745793169255944°N 53.96842690321619°W / 5.745793169255944; -53.96842690321619 (Maroni River) Nickerie...
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    of Khirokitia is situated on the slope of a hill in the valley of the Maroni River, towards the southern coast of the island about 6 km from the sea. Subsistence...
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  • catfish native to French Guiana and Suriname where it is found in the Maroni River basin. This species grows to a length of 14.1 centimetres (5.6 in) SL...
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  • the Paru and Jari rivers, in Suriname, along the Tapanahoni and Paloemeu rivers, and in French Guiana, along the upper Maroni River and its tributaries...
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  • a species of glass knifefishes found in the Litany River and the Tampoc River, in the Maroni River drainage in French Guiana. This species reaches a length...
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    Suriname. The border between the department and Suriname is formed by the Maroni River, which flows through rain forest and is difficult for the Gendarmerie...
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