Brokopondo is a capital town of the Brokopondo District

Brokopondo District

Brokopondo is a district of Suriname. Its capital city is Brokopondo; other towns include Brownsweg and Kwakoegron.The district has a population of 8,340, and an area of 7,364 square kilometres....

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Suriname

Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...

. It is located on the west shore of the Suriname river

Suriname River

The Suriname River is 480 km long and flows through the country Suriname. Its sources are located in the Guiana Highlands on the border between the Wilhelmina Mountains and the Eilerts de Haan Mountains...

, just north of the Afobaka dam. Brokopondo can be reached via the road from Paranam

Paranam

Paranam is a town in the Para District, Suriname. It is located at around ....

 to Afobaka

Afobaka

Afobaka is a village in the Brokopondo District of Suriname. Between 1960 and 1964, the 1913 meter-long Afobaka Dam was built on the Suriname River, creating the Brokopondo Reservoir. The Afobaka Airstrip is nearby....

. There's a granite monument made by sculptor Jo Rens, displaying two men: one standing with a parrot and one sitting and writing. It ought to symbolize the past and the future.

Demographically, the largest ethnic group of Brokopondo are the Maroons

Maroon (people)

Maroons were runaway slaves in the West Indies, Central America, South America, and North America, who formed independent settlements together...

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There's a large beach next to the Suriname river near the city centre.