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Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 19:24, 14 January 2024: 1,558 × 1,676 (563 KB): SurinameCentral: watermarked removed, minor corrections made to map, updated method of depicting border conflict to be more in line with other maps.
Image title: Map of Suriname showing the complete borders, rivers, and a few important places. - Kaart van Suriname met de grenzen, rivieren en enkele belangrijke plaatsen; Short title: Map of Suriname - Kaart van Suriname - Mapa de Surinam; Height: 6,632 px: Width: 5,952 px: Y and C positioning: Centered: Rating (out of 5) 5
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The name Suriname may derive from an indigenous people called Surinen, who inhabited the area at the time of European contact. [18] The suffix -ame, common in Surinamese river and place names (see also the Coppename River), may come from aima or eima, meaning river or creek mouth, in Lokono, an Arawak language spoken in the country.
After Surinamese independence in 1975, under the military government of Dési Bouterse in the 1980s, Fort Zeelandia was the location of the "December murders" of 1982 and was used to hold and torture political prisoners. [7] [8] The Surinamese Museum is located in Fort Zeelandia. The museum has a large collection of ethnographica.
Centrum is a resort in Suriname, located in the Paramaribo District. Its population at the 2012 census was 20,631. [1] The historical centre of Paramaribo is located within the resort. The city centre is mainly in original condition, contains 291 listed monuments, and has of 2002 been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [2]
An enlargeable topographic map of Suriname. Geography of Suriname. Suriname is: a country; Location: Northern Hemisphere; Western Hemisphere. South America; Time zone: UTC-03; Extreme points of Suriname High: Juliana Top 1,230 m (4,035 ft) Low: North Atlantic Ocean 0 m; Land boundaries: 1,703 km Guyana 600 km Brazil 593 km France 510 km