Moengo is a town in Suriname

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...

, located in the Marowijne

Marowijne District

Marowijne is a district of Suriname, located on the north-east coast. Marowijne's capital city is Albina, with other towns including Moengo and Wanhatti...

 district, between Paramaribo

Paramaribo

Paramaribo is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 250,000 people, more than half of Suriname's population...

 and the border town Albina

Albina, Suriname

Albina is a town in eastern Suriname, and is capital of the Marowijne District. The town lies on the west bank of the Marowijne river , which forms the border with French Guiana, directly opposite the French Guianan town of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, to which it is connected by a frequent ferry...

. In former times it was a major centre for the mining and storage of bauxite

Bauxite

Bauxite is an aluminium ore and is the main source of aluminium. This form of rock consists mostly of the minerals gibbsite Al3, boehmite γ-AlO, and diaspore α-AlO, in a mixture with the two iron oxides goethite and hematite, the clay mineral kaolinite, and small amounts of anatase TiO2...

. The Olympic athlete Tommy Asinga

Tommy Asinga

Tommy Asinga is a track star from Moengo, Suriname.Asinga trained in the United States, attending Eastern Michigan University from 1991–1994, where he won All-American honors five times....

 and the visual Artist Remy Jungerman were born in Moengo.

Sports

The town is home to two Surinam first division football clubs, Inter Moengotapoe

Inter Moengotapoe

Inter Moengotapoe is a Surinamese football club, based in Moengo, Marowijne between Paramaribo and the border town of Albina. They play their home matches at the Ronnie Brunswijkstadion...

 who play at Ronnie Brunswijkstadion

Ronnie Brunswijkstadion

Ronnie Brunswijkstadion is a association football stadium located in Moengo, Suriname. The stadium is owned and operated by Surinamese businessman Ronnie Brunswijk, and the main tenant is Inter Moengotapoe, a football club that competes in Suriname's top league, the Hoofdklasse. The capacity is...

 and Notch

S.V. Notch

Sporting Vereniging Notch is a Surinamese football club based in Moengo, Marowijne. The club presently competes in the Surinamese Hoofdklasse, the top tier of Surinamese football. Notch earned promotion into the Hoofdklasse after winning the Surinamese Eerste Klasse, the second tier of Surinamese...

, who play at Moengo Voetbal Stadion.