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    Cottica Lawa, often shortened to Cottica and also called Cotticadorp is a village in the district of Sipaliwini, Suriname. It is located in the east, along...
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    Cottica Mountain (also Kotika Mountain. French: Montagne Cottica. Aluku: Lebi Dotsi) is a 744-metre high (2,441 ft) mountain near the Lawa River in the...
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    Cottica River (Sranan Tongo: Kotika-liba) is a river in the northeast of Suriname. It originates in the hills surrounding town of Moengo and flows westwards...
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    Suriname and Torarica Para Upper Commewijne Upper Cottica and Perica Lower Commewijne Lower Cottica Matapica Saramacca Coronie (district) Nickerie (district)...
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    Lawa Cottica Airstrip (ICAO: SMCT), is an airstrip serving Cottica, Suriname. Cottica is on the Lawa River, which forms part of the eastern border of Suriname...
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    Boslanti Botopasi Brokopondo Brownsweg Cabendadorp Cassipora Corneliskondre Cottica Djumu Donderskamp Friendship Goddo Groningen Hollandse Kamp Jenny Kalebaskreek...
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    U.S. aluminium company Alcoa began mining bauxite on the banks of the Cottica River, near the village of Moengo. In 1938, the company built an aluminium...
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    and band together in tribes. A tribe calling itself Aluku settled in Cottica over the border in Suriname. In 1760, the Ndyuka, another Maroon tribe...
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    initially settled east of the Cottica River in what is nowadays the Marowijne District in Suriname. They were initially called Cottica-Maroons. In 1760, the Ndyuka...
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    (851 m, 2,792 ft). Other mountains include Mont Itoupé (826 m, 2,710 ft), Cottica Mountain (744 m, 2,441 ft), Pic Coudreau (711 m, 2,333 ft), and Kaw Mountain...
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    Albina Amotopo Apetina Avanavero Bakhuis Tabiki Antino Botopasi Coeroenie Cottica Djumu Donderskamp Drietabbetje Gakaba Godo-olo Rosebel H.Alwies Jari- kaba...
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    Marowijne district, between Paramaribo and the border town Albina on the Cottica River. Moengo is also a resort (municipality) in the district of Marowijne...
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    The first to join were Alberto Morselli, Giovanni Rubbiani and Alberto Cottica (previously in Lontano da dove), Chris Dennis (formerly a member of Nomadi)...
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    accessed from the East-West Link via Moengo. Ricanau Mofo is located on the Cottica River. Ricanau Mofo has a school and a health clinic. The village is connected...
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    Pinatjaimi, also spelled as Pinatyaimi, is a Ndyuka Maroon village on the Cottica River in Suriname. Pinatjaimi lies opposite the village of Lantiwei, from...
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  • lends its name to the nature reserve, connects the Marowijne with the Cottica River and was part of the inland waterway between the Marowijne and Paramaribo...
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    southeast of Paraibo and meanders northwest until it receives the meandering Cottica River from the east and then runs west until it joins the north-flowing...
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    fort in Suriname built in 1686 at the confluence of the Commewijne and Cottica rivers. Later it was used as a mission post and hospital. In 1870, it lost...
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    a Ndyuka Maroon village on the Cottica River in Suriname. Tamarin was the place of the Catholic mission on the Cottica River, which operated a church...
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    also spelled as Lantiwee and Lantiwé, is a Ndyuka Maroon village on the Cottica River in Suriname. Lantiwei lies opposite the village of Pinatjaimi, with...
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    Apoera Asidonhopo Aurora Bakhuys Benzdorp Bitagron Botopasi Corneliskondre Cottica Diitabiki Godo Holo Jaw Jaw Kajana Kasuela (disputed) Kawemhakan Kuruni...
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  • guerrilla leader in Suriname, when it was under Dutch colonial rule. Born in Cottica to an enslaved African mother who escaped from her Dutch master, he grew...
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    Apoera Bakhuys Benzdorp Apetina Avanavero Botopasi Cabana Cayana Coeroenie Cottica Djumu Donderskamp Drietabbetje Gakaba Godo Holo Rosebel Gold Mine Henri...
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  • a sugar plantation (500 acres and 130 slaves) on the north bank of the Cottica River in Surinam. In 1784 John Wentworth sent 19 slaves from Nova Scotia...
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    rather vague, and in 1837, it was changed to a delimited area around the Cottica River in Marowijne District, and the Tapanahony River. The paramount chief...
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    situated further upstream the Commewijne River at its confluence with the Cottica River was fortified for this purpose in 1715, but it was clear something...
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    Pikin Santi, sometimes spelt as Pikien Santi, is a Ndyuka village on the Cottica River in Suriname inhabited by the Pinasi and Piika lo. Pikin Santi is...
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    Litani River Oelemari River Marowijnekreek Suriname River Commewijne River Cottica River Para Creek Cola Creek Brokopondo Reservoir Sara Creek Gran Rio Pikin...
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    village and resort in Suriname, located in the Marowijne district on the Cottica River. The resort is inhabited by the Ndyuka Maroons, and has a population...
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  • to South America, where it is known only in a small forest creek near Cottica Mountain in French Guiana, at an elevation of 515 m (1690 ft) above sea...
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