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Location of Suriname. The economy of Suriname largely depends on agriculture, petroleum, and mining. In 2018, the three biggest main export partners of Suriname were Switzerland, Hong Kong, and the United Arab Emirates, [1] and in 2021, the three biggest main import partners of Suriname were the United States, China and the Netherlands. [2]
A 230-volt LED filament lamp, with an E27 base. The filaments are visible as the eight yellow vertical lines. An assortment of LED lamps commercially available in 2010: floodlight fixtures (left), reading light (center), household lamps (center right and bottom), and low-power accent light (right) applications An 80W Chips on board (COB) LED module from an industrial light luminaire, thermally ...
Rosebel Mine in Suriname. The mineral industry of Suriname makes up a large proportion of the country's economy. [1] In 1916, the Aluminium Company of America began mining bauxite in the then Dutch colony of Surinam which over time became Suriname's main export. [2] Gold and petroleum contributed to nearly 67% of the country’s total exports ...
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.
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In 2016, ten people were arrested near Mol and Balen who were suspected of smuggling large quantities of cocaine from Suriname to Belgium via French Guiana. In addition, two were picked up in Cayenne. [6] The group consisted of both Surinamese and Dutch people of Surinamese descent. [7]
The remainder of Suriname, however, remained in British hands. [4] Only after the Dutch had lost New Netherland (now New York ) to the British did they in exchange receive the rest of Suriname. Then, Dutch became the language of communication between Native Surinamese , African slaves , and the Dutch colonial administration.
Suriname was a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands between 1954 and 1975. The country had full autonomy, except in areas of defence and foreign policy , and participated on a basis of equality with the Netherlands Antilles and the Netherlands itself in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.