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{{Infobox country
| native_name = {{native name|nl|Republiek Suriname}} {{native name|jv|Repubhlik surinomo}}
| conventional_long_name = Republic of Suriname
| common_name = Suriname
| image_flag = Flag of Suriname.svg
| image_coat = Coat of arms of Suriname.svg
| national_motto = ''Justitia - Pietas - Fides'' damae - tentrem {{nbsp|2}}{{in lang|la}} "Justice - Duty - Loyalty"
| image_map = SURINAME orthographic.svg
| national_anthem = ''[[God zij met ons Suriname]]'' Gusti nunggil karo Suriname kita{{nbsp|2}}{{in lang|nl}} ''('God be with our Suriname')''
| official_languages = [[Dutch language|Dutch]], English, Sranan Tongo {{small|([[lingua franca]])}}
| regional_languages = Akurio, Arawak-Lokono, Carib-Kari'nja, Sikiana-Kashuyana, Tiro-Tiriyó, Waiwai, Warao, Wayana
| languages = Sarnami Hindustani, Ndyuka, Saramaccan, Matawai, Aluku, Paramaccan, Kwinti, Javanese, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Spanish
| demonym = Surinamese
| capital = [[Paramaribo]]
| latd = 5
| latm = 50
| latNS = N
| longd = 55
| longm = 10
| longEW = W
| government_type = [[Constitutional democracy]]
| leader_title1 = [[President of Suriname|President]]
| leader_name1 = [[Chan Santokhi]]
| leader_title2 = [[Vice President of Suriname|Vice-President]]
| leader_name2 = [[Ronnie Brunswijk]]
| largest_city = [[Paramaribo]]
| area_km2 = 163,821
| area_sq_mi = 63,251 
| area_rank = 91st
| area_magnitude = 1 E11
| percent_water = 1.1
| population_estimate = 558,368
| population_estimate_year = 2016
| population_estimate_rank = 166th
| population_census = 492,829<ref name="census">Algemeen Bureau voor de Statistiek in Suriname - [http://www.statistics-suriname.org/images/stories/pdf/2007/census%20profiel%20website%2016jan07.pdf Census profile at district level] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130163340/http://www.statistics-suriname.org/images/stories/pdf/2007/census%20profiel%20website%2016jan07.pdf |date=2012-01-30 }}</ref>
| population_census_year = 2004 
| population_density_km2 = 2.9
| population_density_sq_mi = 7.6 
| population_density_rank = 231st
| GDP_PPP_year = 2009
| GDP_PPP = $4.510 billion<ref name=imf2>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2010/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2007&ey=2010&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=366&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a=&pr1.x=38&pr1.y=10 |title=Suriname|publisher=International Monetary Fund|accessdate=21 April 2010}}</ref>
| GDP_PPP_rank =
| GDP_PPP_per_capita = $8,642<ref name=imf2/>
| GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank =
| GDP_nominal = $2.962 billion<ref name=imf2/>
| GDP_nominal_year = 2009
| GDP_nominal_per_capita = $5,675<ref name=imf2/>
| HDI_year = 2012
| HDI = 0.716
| HDI_change = increase
| HDI_ref = <ref name="HDI">{{cite web|url=http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2010_EN_Table1.pdf|title=Human Development Report 2010|year=2010|publisher=United Nations|accessdate=5 November 2010|archive-date=21 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121150504/http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2010_EN_Table1.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| HDI_rank = 76th
| HDI_category = high
| sovereignty_type = [[Independence]]
| established_event1 = from [[Netherlands]]
| established_date1 = 25 November 1975
| currency = [[Surinamese dollar]]
| currency_code = SRD
| time_zone = ART
| utc_offset = -3
| time_zone_DST = ''not observed''
| utc_offset_DST = -3
| drives_on = [[Suriname#Transport|left]]
| cctld = [[.sr]]
| calling_code = 597
}}
'''Suriname''' or '''Surinam''' is a [[country]] in [[South America]]. The official name of the country is '''Republiek Suriname''' (this is [[Dutch language|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]].

[[File:Suriname with disputed territories.jpg|thumb|right|Map of Suriname, with the disputed territories shown]]
There are border disputes with [[French Guiana]] and [[Guyana]] all to the south of the country.

The [[industry]] of the country is centered on the [[mining]] and processing of [[bauxite]]. This makes up 15 percent of the [[Gross Domestic Product]] and more than 70% of the [[export]]s. Other exports are [[sugar]], [[crude oil|oil]] and [[gold]]. About 25% of the working people are employed in [[agriculture]]. The main trade partners are the [[Netherlands]], the [[United States]] and countries in the [[Caribbean]].

Dutch, French, Spanish and English explorers discovered the area in the early 16th century. A century later, sugar [[plantation]] colonies were established by the Dutch and English along the many rivers in the fertile Guyana plains. After the second [[Anglo-Dutch War]] England traded any claims to the territory for [[New Amsterdam]] which became New York.

In Suriname, people need to go to school until they are twelve years old,<ref>{{cite web|author=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees|title=The UN Refugee Agency|url=http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,,,SUR,4562d94e2,48caa491c,0.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510010240/http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,,,SUR,4562d94e2,48caa491c,0.html|archive-date=10 May 2011|access-date=28 March 2010|publisher=Unhcr.org}}</ref> and most of them do.<ref name="hdrstats.undp.org">{{cite web|title=United Nations Development Programme|url=http://hdrstats.undp.org/countries/data_sheets/cty_ds_SUR.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090818084138/http://hdrstats.undp.org/countries/data_sheets/cty_ds_SUR.html|archive-date=18 August 2009|access-date=28 March 2010|publisher=Hdrstats.undp.org}}</ref> [[Literacy]] is very common, most people who are illiterate are women.<ref name="hdrstats.undp.org" />

==Related pages==
*[[List of rivers of Suriname]]
*[[List of Surinamese people]]
*[[Suriname at the Olympics]]
*[[Suriname national football team]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{South America}}
{{Caricom}}

[[Category:Suriname| ]]
[[Category:Caribbean Community]]
[[Category:Dutch-speaking countries]]
[[Category:Members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation]]

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