Laarwijk
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Laarwijk
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| population_total = circa 100
| population_as_of = 2018
| pushpin_map = Suriname
| pushpin_mapsize = 300
| map_caption = The location of Laarwijk in Suriname
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Suriname}}
| subdivision_type1 = District
| subdivision_name1 = Commewijne
| subdivision_type2 = Resort
| subdivision_name2 = Meerzorg
| coordinates = {{coord|5|42|N|55|03|W|region:SR|display=inline}}
| timezone = ART
| utc_offset = -3
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Laarwijk is a settlement and a former sugar plantation in the Commewijne District in Suriname. Laarwijk is situated along the Suriname River and can only be reached by boat (via Domburg).
History
Laarwijk was founded in 1737.{{cite web|url=https://www.surinameplantages.com/archief/l/laarwijk|title=Plantage Laarwijk|website=Suriname Plantage|access-date=17 May 2020|language=nl}} The government bought the plantation on 5 August 1899, and allocated it for small-scale agriculture. In 2020 plans were announced to build a bridge between Laarwijk and Domburg in order to develop the area, and relieve traffic congestion in Wanica and Commewijne.{{cite news|url=https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/56735|title=PL wil met brug Domburg-Laarwijk landbouw ontwikkelingen |website=Star Nieuws|access-date=17 May 2020|language=nl}} Traffic up to now has to use the Jules Wijdenbosch Bridge between Paramaribo and Meerzorg.{{cite web|url=https://www.entoen.nu/nl/suriname/suriname/jules-wijdenboschbrug|title=Infrastructuur|website=En Toen.nu|access-date=17 May 2020|language=nl}}
Economy
After years of political prevarication in January 2010, Laarwijk has received a connection to the electricity grid. A cable is pulled from Domburg under the Suriname River. A generator which was installed just before the elections in 1996, had never produced a single kilowatt.{{cite web|url=https://groenroodwit.nl/laarwijk/|title=Laarwijk|website=Green Rood Wit|date=24 September 2018 |access-date=17 May 2020|language=nl}}
Notable people
- Eugène Drenthe (1925–2009), poet and playwright.{{cite news|first=Sam|last=Jones|title=In Memoriam: Eugène Drenthe|url=http://surinaams.caribiana.nl/innederland/car20090401_drenthe|work=Radio Nederland Wereldomroep|date=2009-04-01|accessdate=2009-04-14|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090405212229/http://surinaams.caribiana.nl/innederland/car20090401_drenthe|archivedate=2009-04-05}}
References
- Parts of the article have been translated from Laarwijk article on the Dutch Wikipedia, version on 27 May 2008.
External links
- {{GEOnet2|32FA8839F8423774E0440003BA962ED3}}
{{Surinamese District Commewijne}}
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Category:Populated places in Commewijne District
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