Official Name: | Kumakahpan |
Pushpin Map: | Suriname |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Suriname |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Suriname |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Sipaliwini District |
Subdivision Type2: | Resort (municipality) |
Subdivision Name2: | Tapanahony |
Leader Title: | Basya |
Leader Name: | Anita Alijana |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 27 |
Coordinates: | 3.3611°N -54.0586°W |
Kumakahpan is a Wayana village in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. The village lies on the banks of the Lawa River, which forms the border with French Guiana.
Kumakahpan means "place of the kumakah". Kumakah and Kankantri are local names for Ceiba pentandra, the kapok tree.
Kumakahpan lies about 7km (04miles) downstream the Lawa River from the village of Antecume Pata and 5.5km (03.4miles) upstream the Lawa River from the villages of Kulumuli and Pïleike.