Witagron

Witagron, formerly known as Bitagron, is a Kwinti Maroon village on the Coppename River in Suriname. The Kwinti descend from people who escaped enslavement and formed communities in the forested interior. The Coppename flows northwards through the Guiana forests to the Atlantic coastal plain, linking inland settlements with the lower river. Its rapids and forested banks form part of the landscape in which Maroon communities established independent lives.