Kumakahpan

Kumakahpan is a Wayana village in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. The village lies on the banks of the Lawa River, which forms the border with French Guiana.

Name
Kumakahpan means "place of the kumakah". Kumakah and Kankantri are local names for Ceiba pentandra, the kapok tree.

Geography
Kumakahpan lies about 7 km downstream the Lawa River from the village of Antecume Pata and 5.5 km upstream the Lawa River from the villages of Kulumuli and Pïleike.