Our territory

Our territory

The ancestral Saamaka territory spands an area of 14177 km2 or 1.4 mln hectares. The West, East and south of the territory coincide with the watershed borders of the Suriname river. In the north the territory goes up to the settlemet of Phedra. Communities inside the territory live in 74 villages located along the Suriname river. Fishing, hunting, agriculture as well as harvesting timber and non-timber forest products takes place across the whole territory.