The Tapanahony River is a major river in the south eastern part of 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...

, South America. The river originates in the Southern part of the Eilerts de Haan Mountains

Eilerts de Haan Mountains

Eilerts de Haan Mountains is a mountain range in Sipaliwini District, Suriname, located at around . It is a southern part of Wilhelmina Mountains and is maximum 986 m high....

, near the border with Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

. It joins the Marowijne River at a place called Stoelmans Island. Upstream, there are many villages inhabited by Indian Tiriyó

Tiriyó

The Tiriyó usually call themselves tarëno, etymologically 'people from here, local people'. They are approximately 2,000 and live in several major villages and a number of minor villages in the border zone between Brazil and Suriname...

 people, while further downstream villages are inhabited by the Indian Wayana

Wayana

The Wayana are a Carib-speaking people located in the south-eastern part of the Guiana highlands, a region divided between Brazil, Surinam, and French Guiana...

 and Maroon Ndyuka

Ndyuka

Ndyuka , also called Aukan, Okanisi, Ndyuka tongo, Aukaans, Businenge Tongo, Eastern Maroon Creole, or Nenge is a creole language of Suriname, spoken by the Ndyuka people. Most of the 25 to 30 thousand speakers live in the interior of the country, which is a part of the country covered with...

 people.

Inhabited by Tiriyó

• Alupi 1
• Alupi 2
• Alopi
• Palumeu
• Pelelu Tepu
  Pelelu Tepu
  Pelelu Tepu is a small Amerindian village in the interior of Suriname. Also known as "Pe'reru Tepu", the village is typically referred to simply as "Tepu," which mean "high" in the Indian Tiriyó language. The village is located on Tepu hill, on the Tapanahoni River...