Ganzee
Ganzee
Gansee | |
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Former village | |
The teacher and his wife in front of their house in Ganzee (1947) | |
| Coordinates: 4°50′N 55°6′W / 4.833°N 55.100°W | |
| Country | Suriname |
| District | Brokopondo District |
| Population (1960) | |
• Total | circa 1,200 |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (AST) |
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Ganzee (also Gansee) is a former village in the Brokopondo District of Suriname. The village was home to Maroons of the Saramaka tribe, and located on the Suriname River. In 1965, the village was flooded after the construction of the Afobaka Dam.