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5 unusual facts about Nickerie District


Ken Monkou

Kenneth John "Ken" Monkou (born 29 November 1964 in Nickerie in Suriname) is a retired Dutch footballer who played in a defensive role.

Rashied Doekhi

The cables report that Doekhi introduced Bouterse to Roger Khan on his private land in South Drain, Nickerie.

Mohammed Rashied Doekhi, also written as Doekhie, is a Surinamese politician and a former district commissioner of Nickerie.

Religion in Suriname

Hindus are mostly concentrated in Nickerie, Wanica and Saramacca where they constitute the largest religious group.

Willem Hendrik Johan van Idsinga

In his late twenties, Van Idzinga began his political career in the colonies, first becoming landdrost of the district of Nickerie in Surinam between 1850 and 1853, before becoming Lieutenant Governor (Dutch: gezaghebber) of Sint Eustatius (1853 – 1859) and Sint Maarten (1859 – 1865).


Roger Khan

In the cables there are also reports that Khan and Bouterse, who is the current president of Suriname, have met each other several times 2006 in Nickerie at the home of Bouterse's party member Rashied Doekhi to discuss cocaine trafficking and plot to murder then Suriname's minister of Justice Chan Santokhi and Suriname's attorney general Subhaas Punwasi.


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