Suriname
Coordinates: 4°N 56°W / 4°N 56°W
Suriname, offeecially the Republic o Suriname is a kintra in northren Sooth Americae. Its geographical size is juist unner 165,000 km² (64,000 sq mi), an it haes an estimatit population o exactly 52,000 inbiders (2010 census) maist o thaim live on the kintra's north coast, whaur the caipital Paramaribo is locatit.
Republic o Suriname Republiek Suriname (Dutch) | |
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| Caipital and largest city | Paramaribo 5°50′N 55°10′W / 5.833°N 55.167°W |
| Offeecial leids | Dutch |
| Recognised regional leids | |
| Vernacular leid | Sranan Tongo Creole |
| Ethnic groups (2012) | |
| Releegion | [7] |
| Demonym(s) | Surinamese |
| Govrenment | Unitar pairlamentary republic |
• Preses | Dési Bouterse |
| Ashwin Adhin | |
| Legislatur | Naitional Assembly |
| Unthirldom | |
• Constituent kintra athin the Kinrick o the Netherlands | 15 December 1954 |
• frae the Kinrick of the Netherlands | 25 November 1975 |
• Current constitution | 30 September 1987 |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 163,821 km2 (63,252 sq mi) (92nt) |
• Water (%) | 1.1 |
| Population | |
• Julie 2016 estimate | 585,824[8] (166t) |
• 2012 census | 541,638[5] |
• Density | 2.9/km2 (7.5/sq mi) (231st) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $7.961 billion[9] |
• Per capita | $13,934[9] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $3.641 billion[9] |
• Per capita | $6,373[9] |
| Gini (1999) | 52.9[10] heich |
| HDI (2015) |  0.725[11]heich · 97t |
| Currency | Surinamese dollar (SRD) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (SRT) |
| Drivin side | caur |
| Cawin code | +597 |
| ISO 3166 code | SR |
| Internet TLD | .sr |
Suriname wis lang inhabitit bi various indigenous fowk afore bein explored an contestit bi European pouers frae the 16t century, eventually comin unner Dutch rule in the late 17t century. In the Dutch colonial period, it wis primarily a plantation economy dependent on African sclaves an, follaein the aboleetion o sclavery, indenturt servants frae Asie. In 1954, Suriname becam ane o the constituent kintras o the Kinrick o the Netherlands. On 25 November 1975, the kintra o Suriname left the Kinrick o the Netherlands tae acome an independent state, nanetheless mainteenin close economic, diplomatic, an cultural ties to its umwhile coloniser.
Suriname is conseedert tae be a culturally Caribbean kintra, an is a member o the Caribbean Commonty (CARICOM). While Dutch is the offeecial leid o govrenment, business, media, an eddication,[8] Sranan, an Inglis-based creole leid, is a widely uised lingua franca. Suriname is the anerly sovereign naition ootside Europe whaur Dutch is spoken bi a majority o the population. As a legacy o colonisation, the fowk o Suriname are amang the maist diverse in the warld, spannin a multitude o ethnic, releegious, an lingueestic groups.
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References
eedit- ↑ Suriname: An Asian Immigrant and the Organic Creation of the Caribbean’s Most Unique Fusion Culture, archived frae the original on 20 Februar 2017, retrieved 19 Julie 2017
- ↑ "Censusstatistieken 2012" (PDF). Algemeen Bureau voor de Statistiek in Suriname (General Statistics Bureau of Suriname). p. 76. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 5 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 7 Januar 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ Algemeen Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Geselecteerde Census variabelen per district (Census-profiel)" (PDF). ABS. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 10 September 2008. Retrieved 24 Julie 2008. Archived 2008-09-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ a b "Census statistieken 2012". Statistics-suriname.org. Archived frae the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 13 Julie 2014.
- ↑ "Definitieve Resultaten (Vol I) Etniciteit". Presentatie Evaluatie Rapport CENSUS 8. Algemeen Bureau voor Statestieken in Suriname: 42.
- ↑ 2012 Suriname Census Definitive Results Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine. Algemeen Bureau voor de Statistiek – Suriname.
- ↑ a b Central Intelligence Agency (2013). "Suriname". The World Factbook. Archived frae the original on 7 Januar 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ↑ a b c d "Suriname". International Monetary Fund.
- ↑ "GINI index". World Bank. Retrieved 26 Julie 2013.
- ↑ "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 23 Mairch 2017.
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