Stoelmanseiland (or Stoelie[1]) is an island, and a village in the Paramacca resort of the Sipaliwini District in Suriname.
[3] Stoelmanseiland was named after Philip Samuel Stoelman who founded a military outpost on the island in December 1791, during his fight against the Aluku.
[4] During the Surinamese Interior War it was the headquarters of Ronnie Brunswijk's Jungle Commando.
[5] The Moravian Church built the Johannes King Hospital, a medical clinic which opened on 29 May 1958.
[6] It was named after Johannes King[7] who was the first Maroon missionary, and one of the earliest authors in Sranan Tongo.