Explore Suriname in South America

Description and Basic Information

Suriname with its capital Paramaribo is located in South America (Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean). It covers some 163,271 square kilometres (slightly larger than Georgia) with 475,000 citizens. Dutch, English and Javanese are languages spoken by the majority in Suriname (consider regional differences). Guyana, Brazil and French Guiana are bordering countries.

Pictures from Paramaribo (Capital)

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About Suriname

The terrain offers mostly rolling hills having narrow coastal plain with swamps. The average density of population is about 2 per km². The climate in can be described as tropical with moderated by trade winds. Possible natural disasters include NA.

To reach someone in Suriname dial +597 prior to a number. There are 83,700 installed telephones. And there are 763,900 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".sr". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 127V - 60Hz.

The country consists of 10 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Suriname

Suriname Tourism Information

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Central Suriname Nature Reserve

The Central Suriname Nature Reserve comprises 1.6 million ha of primary tropical forest of west-central Suriname. It protects the upper watershed of the Coppename River and the headwaters of the...

Historic Inner City of Paramaribo

Paramaribo is a former Dutch colonial town from the 17th and 18th centuries planted on the northern coast of tropical South America. The original and highly characteristic street plan of the...

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Suriname

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Suriname is growing at an rate of 1.11% (or by 5,392 citizens). Each year 0 people enter this country (or 0.00 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 1.11%. Or an total increase of 5,392 citizens.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.