Lelydorp

Lelydorp is the capital city of Wanica district, located in Suriname. With a population of almost 19.000, it is the second city in Suriname, after Paramaribo. It is located at around .It was originally called Kofi Djompo but was renamed by Cornelis Lely (the governor of Suriname in 1905)and since then it is known as Lelydorp. Cornelis Lely, who was responsible for many large water construction projects in the Netherlands, became the governor of Suriname. He was send to Suriname by the Dutch government to locate gold. Cornelis Lely, civil engineer, lived from September 23, 1854 to January 22, 1929. He was the designer of the famous Dutch waterworks, like the Zuiderzee Works, the Afsluitdijk, Flevoland polders and so on. Another famous man of the kind was Leeghwater. He lived from 1575 to 1650. He was a mill builder and hydraulic engineer. His developments are the basics for later projects of land winning.
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