Lensidede or Lessé Dédé, is a Surinamese village on an island in the Lawa River, near the Lensidede rapids after which the village was named. In the village live Wayana people.[2]
History
The Lawa River forms the border between Suriname and French Guiana, and islands are ambiguous. Both France and Suriname claimed the village.[3] In 2021, the islands in the river were demarcated.[4] Lensidede has been placed in Suriname under the authority of Ipomadi Pelenapïn [nl], the Surinamese chief of the Lawa River.[5][6]
Notes
^ ab"Dorpen en Dorpsbesturen". Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden in Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
^Office of the President of Suriname (25 August 2021). "Protocol tussen Rep. Suriname en Franse Rep. op de regeling van de Grens tussen Suriname en Frans Guyana verdrag"(PDF) (in Dutch). p. 11. "Voorbeelden zijn Akalima, Jamaica, Lincedede, eilanden die ten oosten van de middellijn, in principe tot Frans grondgebied gerekend zouden moeten worden, maar waar de signatuur volledig Surinaams is." "Examples are Akalima, Jamaica, Lincedede, islands which are to the East of the middle of the river, ought have been part of France in principle, but whose signature is completely Surinamese.
