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The average resort is about 2,600 square kilometres (1,000 sq mi) and has almost 8,000 inhabitants. According to article 161 of the Constitution of Suriname, the highest political body of the resort is the resort council. Elections for the resort council are held every five years and are usually at the same time as the Suriname general elections.
Latour is a resort in Suriname, located in the Paramaribo District. Its population at the 2012 census was 29,526. [1] Latour is a low income neighbourhood with large unemployment. [2] Latour is the most populous resort of Paramaribo. [3] One of the most active NGOs in Latour is Stibula, [4] which works to provide development to the area's youth.
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Nickerie is the largest rice producer of Suriname. [3] The town contains a market and several hotels, including the Hotel Ameerali, Hotel de President, Hotel Tropical, Hotel de Vesting and Residence Inn. The first Surinamese hospital outside of Paramaribo, [13] Mungra Medical Centre, is located on the Annastraat in Nieuw-Nickerie.
The Suriname-Netherlands Chamber of Commerce, native name Suriname-Nederland Kamer van Koophandel, is a chamber of commerce with the goal to improve the entrepreneurial infrastructure en promote commerce between Suriname and the Netherlands. [1] [2] The Chamber has been established in the building of the embassy of Suriname in The Hague.
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.
Like most Maroon villages in the interior, Langatabiki relied on diesel generators for electricity until 2016. Although the fuel for the generators is provided free of charge by the Surinamese government, there was only enough available to provide electricity for a few hours per day, usually from 6 p.m. until midnight.
In 1927, Suriname's districts were revised, and the country was divided into 7 districts. In 1943, 1948, 1949, 1952 and 1959 further small modifications were made. In 1968 the districts were redrawn again, into [ 3 ]