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'''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]].<ref name="Briggs2015">{{cite book|last=Briggs|first=Philip|title=Suriname|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FtTeBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA198|date=1 February 2015|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|isbn=978-1-84162-910-0|page=198}}</ref> The [[Afobaka Airstrip]] is nearby.
== Healthcare ==
Afobaka is home to a [[Medische Zending]] healthcare centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medischezending.sr/mz/zorggebied/ |title=Zorggebied|website=Medische Zending|access-date=6 May 2021|language=nl}}</ref>
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Afobaka|position=left}}
{{coord|4|59|N|54|59|W|display=title|type:city}}
{{Surinamese District Brokopondo}}
[[Category:Populated places in Brokopondo District]]
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