Suriname
Position: Central-Southern America
Position: Central-Southern America
| International name: | Suriname |
| Local name: | Suriname |
| AREA ................................................ | 163.270 kmq |
| POPULATION .................................. | 436.935 in. |
| DENSITY ......................................... | 2,7 in/kmq |
| CAPITAL .......................................... | Paramaribo |
| LANGUAGES .................................... | Dutch (official), English (widely spoken), Sranang Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki, is native language of Creoles and much of the younger population and is lingua franca among others), Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Javanese |
| RELIGIONS ...................................... | Hindu 27.4%, Protestant 25.2% (predominantly Moravian), Roman Catholic 22.8%, Muslim 19.6%, indigenous beliefs 5% |
| CURRENCY ...................................... | Surinam dollar (SRD) |
| GDP per CAPITA ............................. | - |
| HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX .. | 0,538 (83th place) |
| LOWEST POINT ............................... | -2 m |
| HIGHEST POINT .............................. | Juliana Top 1230 m |
| INDEPENDENCE ............................... | 25 November 1975 (from Netherlands) |
| INSTITUTIONAL FORM ................... | Republic |
| WEB DOMAIN .................................. | .sr |
| COUNTRY CODE .............................. | +597 |
Central-Southern America country
| Paramaribo | 25/11/2024 | 20:48 | ( GMT-3 ) |
Courtesy from CIA World Factbook