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Katwijk (Sranan Tongo: Juliansi [1]) is coffee plantation and village in the Alkmaar resort of the Commewijne District of Suriname. It is the only coffee plantation in Suriname which is still in operation. [2] [3] During World War II, Katwijk was an internment camp for prostitutes.
Elisabeth Samson was born in 1715 in Paramaribo, [1] Suriname, as the youngest child of a freedwoman, who had taken the name Mariana upon her emancipation from slavery, and an unknown black father. [2] Mariana had originally been known as Nanoe and was brought to Suriname around 1700 from Saint Kitts by her owner Jan van Susteren. Susteren ...
The Society wanted to establish a central sugarcane factory, which had to be able to handle the surrounding plantations. To support the incoming supply of sugarcane, a 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) railway was built, the first railway in Suriname. [3] On 23 October 1882, the cane processing factory opened.
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This is a list of television stations in Suriname. There are many television stations in Suriname. Originally, they broadcast analog TV but are currently transitioning to digital television, so some broadcast both digital and analog channels like Apintie, ABC Suriname, STVS and ATV. Some of the stations do not have websites.
Surinam (Dutch: Suriname), also unofficially known as Dutch Guiana, was a Dutch plantation colony in the Guianas and the predecessor polity of modern country of Suriname.It was bordered by the fellow Dutch colony of Berbice to the west, and the French colony of Cayenne to the east.
Commewijne is a district of Suriname, located on the right bank of the Suriname River. Commewijne's capital city is Nieuw Amsterdam. Tamanredjo is another major town, while Meerzorg is the most populated. [1] The district has a population of 31,420 and an area of 2,353 km 2. [1]
Times of Suriname is a national newspaper in Suriname. [1] The paper is published daily (except on Sundays) in a broadsheet format with a reported circulation of 35,000-40,000. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The paper was founded in December 2003 by (at the time) rich business man and politician Rudi Dilip Sardjoe and claims to be a quality news paper and the ...