Tigri Area

2°30′N 57°15′W / 2.5°N 57.25°W / 2.5; -57.25

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The Tigri Area (Dutch: Tigri-gebied) or New River Triangle is a forested area in the East Berbice-Corentyne region of Guyana that has been disputed by Suriname^[1] since the 19th century. In Suriname, it is seen as an integral part of the Coeroeni Resort located in the Sipaliwini District.

The area involves the area between the New River (renamed as the Upper Corentyne River by Suriname) and the Corentyne River which leads to the Kutari River at the border of Brazil. The Corentyne River was accepted as the natural border between these two countries until 1871 when Charles Barrington Brown discovered the New River. The dispute rests on the interpretation of the natural border, specifically whether the Kutari River or the New River is the source of the Corentyne River, despite both being tributaries. In 1969, three years after its independence, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) seized full control^[2] of the disputed region when Suriname was still a constituent state of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.