Suriname
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Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. Situated slightly north of the equator, over 90% of
Slave auction in Paramaribo, in 1831
Javanese indentured servants in Marienbourg plantation, c. 1930
Suriname in 1914
Presidential Palace of Suriname
Paramaribo
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Paramaribo, locally nicknamed Foto, is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 252,581 p
Suriname
…with around 612,985 inhabitants in 2021 in an area of approximately 165,940 square kilometres (64,070 square miles). The capital and largest city is Paramaribo, which is home to roughly half the population. Suriname was inhabited as early as the fourth millennium BC by various Indigenous peoples, including the…
1830s lithograph of the market
View of Paramaribo from space
Paramaribo in 1821. The area devastated by the city fire of that year is indicated in brown.