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Republic of Suriname

Suriname.

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Suriname is situated in the north of South America. It borders French Guiana in the east, Brazil in the south, Guyana in the west and the Atlantic Ocean in the north, and has an area of 163,265 square kilometers (63,064 square miles). The country contains many rivers and some mountains (highest point 1280 meters). The larger part of the country consists of uncultivated rain forest. Nearly all 487,024 inhabitants of Suriname (2004 count) live within a 30 km wide coastal region. The capital Paramaribo lies about 20km south of the coast at the west bank of the Suriname river. It has 243,556 inhabitants.Suriname has a tropical climate, with daily temperatures varying between 23 and 31 Centigrade. The year can be roughly divided into dry and wet seasons..pimp_my_profile { Generated at Pimp My Profile www.pimp-my-profile.com } table, tr, td { background-color:transparent; border:none; border-width:0px; }table table table { width:100%; max-width: 600px; } table table table table { width:100%;; }body { background-color:228822; background-image:url(http://photo.ringo.com/214/214885409O46 3269460.jpg); background-position:Center Center; background-attachment:fixed; background-repeat:no-repeat; border-width:0px; border-style:Solid; }table table { border:0px; }table table table table { border:0px; background-image:none; background-color:transparent; }table table table { border-style:Solid; border-width:0px; background-attachment:fixed; }table, tr, td, li, p, div,.text,.redtext, .blacktext12 { color:000000; font-size:12pt; }.whitetext12, .orangetext15 { color:000000; font-size:14pt; }.lightbluetext8, .blacktext10, .redbtext,.btext { color:000000; font-size:12pt; }.nametext { color:000000; font-size:16pt; }a:active, a:visited, a:link, a.searchlinksmall:active, a.searchlinksmall:visited, a.searchlinksmall:link, a.navbar:active, a.navbar:visited, a.navbar:link, a.redlink:active, a.redlink:visited, a.redlink:link { color:000000; font-size:12pt; }a:hover, a.searchlinksmall:hover, a.navbar:hover, a.redlink:hover { color:000000; font-size:12pt; }.contactTable { width:300px!important; height:150px!important; padding:0px!important; background-image:url(http://images.pimp-my-profile.com/i26/8 /7/8/ct_dd701fcdb99a.png); background-attachment:scroll; background-position:center center; background-repeat:no-repeat; background-color:transparent;}.contactTable table, table.contactTable td {padding:0px !important; border:0px; background-color:transparent; background-image:none;}.contactTable a img {visibility:hidden; border:0px!important;}.contactTable a {display:block; height:28px; width:115px;background-color:transparent!important;}.contact Table .text {font-size:1px!important;}.contactTable .text, .contactTable a, .contactTable img {filter:none!important;background-color:none!important;} .contactTable .whitetext12 {display:none;; }table table table td { vertical-align:top !important;}span.blacktext12 {visibility:visible !important;background-color:transparent;background-image:url (http://img2.pimp-my-profile.com/i31/8/7/8/bn_938a3f6c63.png );background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:center center;font-size:0px; letter-spacing:-0.5px;; width:437px; height:75px; display:block !important; }span.blacktext12 img {display:none;; }

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Official name:Republic of Suriname
Capital:Paramaribo
(The capital is also known as the "wooden city" of the Caribbean and Latin America).
Location:Northern shore of South America
Government:Republic/Parliamentary Democracy
Head of State:H.E. Runaldo Ronald Venetiaan (President)
Ruling coalition:New Front
Surface area:63,251 sq. mi. (163,270 sq. km)
Territorial division:10 districts
Climate:Tropical rain climate, with relatively stable average temperature of 86.6 degrees F throughout the year
Highest point:Juliana top (4,120 feet)
Population (2005 estimate):500,303 (average annual rate of natural increase: 1.5%);
Urban population:68%
Age structure:0-14 years: 33% (male 72,673; female 69,212) 15-64 years; 62% (male 135,573; female 130,700) 65 years and over: 5% (male 10,585; female 12,413)
Population growth rate:0.71% (1999 est.)
Birth rate:21.75 births/1000 population (1999 est.)
Death rate: 5.75 deaths/1000 population (1999 est.)
Net migration rate:-8.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.)
Sex ratio:At birth: 1.05 male(s)/female Under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female
Nationality:Noun: Surinamer(s) Adjective: Surinamese
Languages:Dutch (official), Sranan Tongo (lingua franca), English (widely spoken), Hindustani, Javanese, Chinese, Portuguese and Spanish.
Ethnic groups:Hindustani (also known locally as "East Indians"; their ancestors emigrated from Northern India in the latter part of the 19th century) 37%, Creole (mixed European and African ancestry 31%, Javanese 15.3%, "Maroons" (their African ancestors were brought to the country in the 17th and 18th centuries as slaves and escaped to the interior) 10.3%, Amerindian 2.6%, Chinese 1.7 %, Europeans 1%, others, mainly Jews and Syrians 1.1%.
Religions:Hindu 27.4%; Protestant, 25.2%; Roman Catholic, 22.8%; Muslim19.6 %; indigenous, about 5 %.
Communication:Modern telecommunication facilities
Two daily news papers and a number of weekly and monthly papers and magazines
One General Post Office with a number of branch offices
Reasonable public transportation system
Taxi and car rental
One international airport and about 30 airstrips in the interior
Two ports for sea-going vessels Monetary unit:Suriname dollar
Economic Summary:GDP/PPP (1998 est.) $1.48 billion; $3,400 per capita. Real growth rate: 2% (1998 est.). Unemployment: 20% (1997). Agriculture: paddy rice, bananas, palm kernels, coconuts, plantains, peanuts, beef, chicken, pork, forest products, shrimp.
Industries:Bauxite (Suriname ranks fourth among the world's producers of alumina and bauxite), crude oil, gold mining, alumina and aluminum production, lumbering, food processing, fishing.
Natural resources: bauxite, crude oil, gold and iron ore, timber and fish
Exports: $548.84 million (1997): alumina, aluminum, crude oil, lumber, shrimp and fish, rice, bananas, vegetables. Imports: $551.8 million (1997): capital equipment, hydrocarbons, foodstuffs, cotton, consumer goods. Major trading partners: Netherlands, USA, Norway, France, Japan, United Kingdom and the Caribbean Community.
Geography
The territory of the Republic of Suriname is located on the North - Western section of the South American sub-continent and is located between the 2 and the 6 northern latitude and the 54 and the 58 longitude (West of Greenwich)
The country is bordered in the North by the Atlantic Ocean. The Southern border is formed by the Tumac Humac and the Acarai Mountain Chains, which separate the territory of Suriname from that of Brazil. In the East the country is bordered by French Guyana, the 52nd. Department d' Outre Mer of the Republic of France. In the West the country is bordered by the Cooperative Republic of Guyana.
The economic zone of Suriname includes the sea-strip North of the country within a width of 200 nautical miles north of the coastline.
Time zone:EST +2; GMT-3
Phone code:Country Code (597), plus the 6 digit local number
Major Airport:Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (Zanderij)
Major Airlines:Suriname Airways (SLM), Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM), British West Indies Airways (BWee)Suriname is divided in ten districts: Paramaribo - Sate Capital
Brokopondo
Commewijne (center Mariënburg)
Coronie (center Totness)
Marowijne (center Albina; econo-city Moengo)
Nickerie (center econo-city) Nieuw-Nickerie)
Para (center Onverwacht)
Saramacca (center Groningen)
Sipaliwini
Wanica (center Lelydorp)

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The Suriname Labor Legislation acknowledge a total of ten public holidays, namely:- New Years Day : January 1 - Good Friday* : - Easter Monday* : - Holy Phagwha* : - Id'ul Fitre* : - Labor Day : May 1 - Freedom Day : July 1 - Independence Day : November 25 - Christmas : December 25 - Boxing Day : December 26

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Literacy rate:93 % (1990 est.)
Education:Free, Compulsory: ages 7 - 12
In Suriname school attendance for children aged 7 to 12 has legally been compulsory as far back as 1876. The school year runs from October to mid-August and consists of three terms, totally about 40 weeks. Formal education is offered at the following levels:
pre-primary education;
primary education;
secondary education junior level;
secondary education senior level;
tertiary education.
The Anton De Kom University of Suriname
The University has 3 faculties:
I Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences with fields of study in:
Law;
General Economics;
Business Administration;
Public administration;
Sociology;
Education and Agogic Sciences.
II Faculty of Medical Sciences, offers study in Medicine.
III Faculty of Technology with fields of study:
· Infrastructure: - Land and Water Management; - Civil Engineering; - Architecture.
· Mechanical Engineering: - Mechanical Engineering; - Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfers.
· Electrical Engineering: - Information Technology; - Energy Technology.
· Agricultural Production: - Agronomy; - Animal sciences; - Forestry; - Soil Sciences.
· Mineral Production - Geology; - Mining.
· Environmental Sciences
International Relations
The Anton de Kom University of Suriname is a member of the association of Amazonian Universities. The University has also signed specific agreements with the following academic institutions:
Dutch Universities: - the University of Amsterdam; - the University of Utrecht; - the University of Groningen; - the Agricultural University of Wageningen.
Belgian Universities: - Limburgse University Center; - Catholic University of Leuven; - Economic University Limburg - State University Gent - Free University Brussels
University of Guyana University of the West Indies Louisiana State University Agricultural Center

My Blog

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Clyde Narain, better known as Chuckie

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YAKKI FAMIRIE - A step further in the direction of new world music

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Posted by Republic of Suriname on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:23:00 PST

MizT & LiquidSpillers

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Posted by Republic of Suriname on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:20:00 PST

Vanessa Jay : TWO STEPS AHEAD!

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Ziggi: Music is my life

With his blazing performances on Summerjam Festival (Germany), Rototom Sunsplash (Italy), Two7Splash (Netherlands) and Zenith (France) just to mention a few, Holland's 1 reggae artist Ziggi has put hi...
Posted by Republic of Suriname on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:47:00 PST

Winstrong - A di Storm -

Emerging into the spotlight with his new album "Eye of the Storm," Winstrong fuses roots dancehall style with today's sophisticated R&B annd Soul for an explosive sound that is already pleasing li...
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Chuck D's Blog...blackfolk immigrants from Suriname

AMSTERDAM -Melkweg - APRIL 11six hour drive to amsterdam , which for the past 20 years has been the groups numberone city, and will be. Early on it was perhaps for me the large contingent ofblackfolk ...
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Rise Like a Star - by Anouck Emanuels.

Its Warm sometimes hottIts Sunny sometimes rainy and windyIts Fun and relaxing, stressy and annoying as well...Its Filled with Love, Compassion and CareIts As green as a rain forest and as wild as the...
Posted by Republic of Suriname on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:46:00 PST

Sranan Tongo the Language of Suriname

Sranan Tongo the Language of Suriname Some frequently used expressions ..> WelcomeHow are UFine thank youI am a SurinameseSee you tomorrowHow much Thank you very muchHand that to meWhat's your name...
Posted by Republic of Suriname on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:07:00 PST