Washabo

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|leader_name = Sergio Srisria

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Washabo is a town in Suriname, located in the Kabalebo resort of Sipaliwini district. The town lies on a bend in the Corantijn river (Courantyne), on the border with Guyana.{{cite web|url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=5.216667&mlon=-57.183333&zoom=12#map=14/5.2088/-57.1692|title=Washabo|access-date=21 May 2020|website=Openstreetmap}} Washabo is an indigenous{{cite news|url=https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/6076|title=Kapiteins Apoera, Washabo en Section voelen zich overgeslagen door Bouterse |website=Star Nieuws|access-date=21 May 2020|language=nl}} village of the Lokono tribe near Apoera. It has a population of about 600 people. According to the oral tradition, the village was founded in the 1920s by the Lingaard family.{{cite web|title=WEST SURINAME: WAT BETEKENT EEN GEΪNTEGREERDE ALUMINIUM INDUSTRIE VOOR DE INHEEMSE GGEMEENSCHAPPEN?|url=http://www.nsi-ins.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/West-Suriname-WAT-Betekent-Een-Geintegreerde-Aluminium-Industrie-Voor-De-Inheemse-Gemeenschappen.pdf|website=North-South Institute|access-date=29 May 2020|language=nl|archive-date=18 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618190907/http://www.nsi-ins.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/West-Suriname-WAT-Betekent-Een-Geintegreerde-Aluminium-Industrie-Voor-De-Inheemse-Gemeenschappen.pdf|url-status=dead}}

The village generally does not allow non-tribal people to live in their village unless they are married to a member of the tribe. Washabo has a clinic and a school. Washabo can be reached from an unpaved road from the Southern East-West Link. The Washabo Airport is located in the village.{{cite web|url=http://www.gcmap.com/airport/WSO|title=WSO - Airport|website=GC Map|access-date=21 May 2020}} Up to 1995, the villages of Apoera, Washabo and Section were governed by the same village chief due to their close proximity.