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Republic of Suriname Republiek Suriname (Dutch) | |
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| Capital and largest city | Paramaribo |
| Official languages | Dutch |
| Demonym(s) | Surinamese |
| Government | Constitutional democracy |
| Chan Santokhi | |
| Ronnie Brunswijk | |
| Independence | |
• from Netherlands | 25 November 1975 |
| Area | |
• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (91st) |
• Water (%) | 1.1 |
| Population | |
• 2016 estimate | 558,368 (166th) |
• 2004 census | 492,829 |
• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (231st) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2009 estimate |
• Total | $4.510 billion |
• Per capita | $8,642 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2009 estimate |
• Total | $2.962 billion |
• Per capita | $5,675 |
| HDI (2012) |  0.716high · 76th |
| Currency | Surinamese dollar (SRD) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (ART) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (not observed) |
| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | 597 |
| ISO 3166 code | SR |
| Internet TLD | .sr |
Suriname or Surinam is a country in South America. The official name of the country is Republiek Suriname (this is Dutch and translates to Republic of Suriname). It used to be known as Nederlands Guyana, Netherlands Guiana or Dutch Guiana. It is between Guyana and French Guiana. Paramaribo is the capital city, in which resides almost half of the country's population. About half a million people live in the country. Suriname became independent from the Netherlands in 1975. Before that, it was a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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