Suriname
Suriname is in South America, with its capital at Paramaribo and an area of about 163,820 km². Explore its flag, anthem, population, GDP ranking, government, natural resources, provinces and major cities on an interactive 3D globe.
- Official name
- Republic of Suriname
- Capital
- Paramaribo
- Region
- Americas · South America
- Area
- 163,820 km²
- Languages
- Dutch
- Currencies
- Surinamese dollar (SRD)
- Natural resources
- timber, hydropower, fish, kaolin, shrimp, bauxite, gold, and small amounts of nickel, copper, platinum, iron ore
- Industries
- gold mining, oil, lumber, food processing, fishing
- Main exports
- gold, fish, refined petroleum, wood, tobacco
First-level divisions (10)
- Commewijne
- Coronie
- Marowijne
- Nickerie
- Para
- Saramacca
- Sipaliwini
- Wanica
- Brokopondo
- Paramaribo
Major cities
- Paramaribo (population 254,169)
- Nieuw Nickerie (population 15,992)
- Brokopondo (population 8,340)
- Nieuw Amsterdam (population 4,935)
- Groningen (population 3,216)
- Onverwacht (population 2,105)
- Totness (population 1,685)