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|subdivision_name1      = [[Sipaliwini District]]
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'''Lokaloka''' (also: '''Loka''') is a village of [[Paramaccan people|Paramacca]] [[maroons]] in the [[Sipaliwini District]] of [[Suriname]]. The village is located on an island in the [[Marowijne River]]. Lokaloka is the last village of the Paramacca people.<ref name="vakantie">{{cite web|website=Vakantie Arena |url=https://vakantiearena.nl/bezienswaardigheid/binnenland/paramaka/ |title=Paramaka|access-date=12 July 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>
==History==
The inhabitants of Lokaloka originate from about 150 slaves who escaped plantation {{ill|Molhoop|WD=Q59119459}} around 1830. The maroons were led by Da Asede who founded Lokaloka as their settlement.<ref>{{Cite conference|title=Conference on Slavery, Indentured Labour, Migration, Diaspora and Identity Formation.|last1=Marten|first1=J.|last2=Schalkwijk|first2=W.|date=19 June 2018|publisher=[[Anton de Kom University]]|url=https://lsil2017.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/schalkwijk-marten-the-pamaka-tribe-in-suriname.docx}}</ref>{{sfn|Development Plan|2017|p=65}} The island measures 500 by 100 metres. It is almost completely built up, and has been extended on the river bank on the Surinamese side. About 150 people live on the island, another 50 have settled on the river bank.{{sfn|Development Plan|2017|p=65}}
== Overview ==
Lokaloka has a school,<ref>{{cite news|work=Dagblad Suriname |url=https://www.dbsuriname.com/2021/08/03/geen-herstart-voor-openbare-school-loka-loka/ |title=Geen herstart voor Openbare School Loka Loka |date=3 August 2021 |language=nl |access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref> but no clinic,<ref>{{cite web|work=Planning Office Suriname |url=https://www.planningofficesuriname.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/STRUCTUUR-ANALYSE-IV.pdf |title=Planning Office Suriname - Districts |year=2015 |page=172 |access-date=12 July 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> and is dependent on [[Nason, Suriname|Nason]]. There is a supermarket and an overnight stay on the bank.{{sfn|Development Plan|2017|p=67}}<ref name="vakantie"/> Electricity is provided by Diesel generators. There is no clean drinking water. The village has mobile phone access.{{sfn|Development Plan|2017|p=66}}
Lokaloka can only be reached by boat, and is located about 2 hours from [[Langatabiki]].{{sfn|Development Plan|2017|p=66}} Plans have been developed to extended the road at [[Snesiekondre]] to Lokaloka.{{sfn|Development Plan|2017|p=71}}
Hendrik Ceder was the captain (village chief) in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|work=Star Nieuws |url=https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/35877 |title=Tweejarige overeenkomst Surgold-Paramaccaners is uniek |date=14 June 2016 |access-date=12 July 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>
== References ==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite web |last1=Development Plan |year=2017 |title=Pamaka Ontwikkelingsplan |url=https://www.nikos.sr/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Pamaka-Ontwikkelingsplan-FINAL.pdf |publisher={{ill|NIKOS|nl}} |language=nl }}
{{Surinamese District Sipaliwini}}
[[Category:Paramaka settlements]]
[[Category:Populated places in Sipaliwini District]]