Papaïchton

Papaïchton is a common French, located in the department of the Guyana. The village is located on the edges of the river Maroni, which is in addition the only access road to Papaïchton.

The borough is called Papaïchton-Pompidouville in the honor of the president Pompidou who had received granman and Tolinga mayor with the Elysium in 1971.

Capital of the ethnos group Profit, it is there that the “granman resides” (or large Man), religious leader of the Boni S.

History of the commune

  • 1895 : The village would have been founded by the granman Ochi.

  • 1930 : Creation of the territory of Inini, administrative division containing Papaïchton
  • 1946: Departmentalization of Guyana, the territory of Inini becomes a district
  • 1968: Creation of the circle minicipal of Large-Santi-Papaïchton-Apatou
  • 1969: The municipal circles are transformed into municipalities
  • 1976: Separation of the communes of Apatou and Large-Santi-Papaïchton
  • 1992: Separation of the communes of Large-Santi and Papaïchton

The catastrophe of Loka

Loka is a hamlet of the commune of Papaïchton. In April 2006, it was the place of a drama following an accident causing the death of fourteen people (including 12 children), all of the same family. The victims seem to be poisoned by Carbon monoxide come from a failing Generator.

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