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    Batavia on the Coppename River in Suriname is a former cocoa plantation, military post and state leper colony of the Dutch colonists. Batavia functioned...
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    Saramacca's capital city is Groningen, with other towns and cities including Batavia, Kampong Baroe, Uitkijk, Maho and Boskamp. Saramacca has a population of...
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    Jacobus Schepers appointed Donders pastor at the mission post of Batavia along the Coppename River. This remote place, a former cocoa plantation, was a governmental...
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    Saramacca District in Suriname. Kalebaskreek is a fishing village on the Coppename River. The village can only be reached by boat. It is located about one...
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    Chatillon". Suriname Plantages (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 May 2020. "Batavia en de Coppename rivier". Suriname.nu (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 May 2020. Joop Vernooij:...
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