Outline of Suriname
The location of Suriname
An enlargeable relief map of the Republic of Suriname
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Suriname:
Suriname – sovereign country located in northern South America.[1] Suriname was formerly known as Nederlands Guyana, Netherlands Guiana or Dutch Guiana. Suriname is situated between French Guiana to the east and Guyana to the west. The southern border is shared with Brazil and the northern border is the Atlantic coast. The southernmost border with French Guiana is disputed along the Marowijne river; while the once-disputed boundary with Guyana was arbitrated by the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea on September 20, 2007. The country is the smallest sovereign state in terms of area and population in South America.
General reference
An enlargeable basic map of Suriname
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: Suriname
- Official English country name: The Republic of Suriname
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Surinamese
- Demonym(s):
- Etymology: Name of Suriname
- ISO country codes: SR, SUR, 740
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:SR
- Internet country code top-level domain: .sr
Geography of Suriname
An enlargeable topographic map of Suriname
- Suriname is: a country
- Location:
- Northern Hemisphere
- Western Hemisphere
- Time zone: UTC-03
- Extreme points of Suriname
- High: Juliana Top 1,230 m (4,035 ft)
- Low: North Atlantic Ocean 0 m
- Land boundaries: 1,703 km
Guyana 600 km
Brazil 593 km
French Guiana 510 km
- Coastline: North Atlantic Ocean 386 km
- Population of Suriname: 534,000 - 168th most populous country
- Area of Suriname: 163,821 km2
- Atlas of Suriname
Environment of Suriname
An enlargeable satellite image of Suriname
- Climate of Suriname
- Renewable energy in Suriname
- Geology of Suriname
- Protected areas of Suriname
- Biosphere reserves in Suriname
- National parks of Suriname
- Wildlife of Suriname
- Fauna of Suriname
Natural geographic features of Suriname
- Fjords of Suriname
- Glaciers of Suriname
- Islands of Suriname
- Lakes of Suriname
- Mountains of Suriname
- Volcanoes in Suriname
- Rivers of Suriname
- Waterfalls of Suriname
- Valleys of Suriname
- World Heritage Sites in Suriname
Regions of Suriname
Ecoregions of Suriname
List of ecoregions in Suriname
- Ecoregions in Suriname
Administrative divisions of Suriname
Administrative divisions of Suriname
Districts of Suriname
Demography of Suriname
Government and politics of Suriname
- Form of government: unitary parliamentary representative democratic republic
- Capital of Suriname: Paramaribo
- Elections in Suriname
- Political parties in Suriname
Branches of the government of Suriname
Executive branch of the government of Suriname
- Head of state and head of government: President of Suriname, Dési Bouterse
- Cabinet of Suriname
Legislative branch of the government of Suriname
Judicial branch of the government of Suriname
Court system of Suriname
- Supreme Court of Suriname
Foreign relations of Suriname
International organization membership
The Republic of Suriname is a member of:[1]
Law and order in Suriname
Law of Suriname
- Capital punishment in Suriname
- Constitution of Suriname
- Crime in Suriname
- Human rights in Suriname
- LGBT rights in Suriname
- Freedom of religion in Suriname
- Law enforcement in Suriname
Military of Suriname
- Command
- Commander-in-chief:
- Ministry of Defence of Suriname
- Commander-in-chief:
- Forces
- Army of Suriname
- Marine & Coast Guard of Suriname
- Air Force of Suriname
- Special forces of Suriname
- Military history of Suriname
- Military ranks of Suriname
Local government in Suriname
Local government in Suriname
History of Suriname
- Timeline of the history of Suriname
- Current events of Suriname
- Military history of Suriname
Culture of Suriname
- Architecture of Suriname
- Cuisine of Suriname
- Festivals in Suriname
- Languages of Suriname
- Media in Suriname
- National symbols of Suriname
- People of Suriname
- Prostitution in Suriname
- Public holidays in Suriname
- Records of Suriname
- Religion in Suriname
- Christianity in Suriname
- Hinduism in Suriname
- Islam in Suriname
- Judaism in Suriname
- Sikhism in Suriname
- World Heritage Sites in Suriname
Art in Suriname
Arnoldus Borret: Suriname woman with red shawl, water colour, around 1880
- Art in Suriname
- Cinema of Suriname
- Literature of Suriname
- Music of Suriname
- Television in Suriname
- Theatre in Suriname
Sports in Suriname
Sports in Suriname
Economy and infrastructure of Suriname
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 154th (one hundred and fifty fourth)
- Agriculture in Suriname
- Banking in Suriname
- National Bank of Suriname
- Communications in Suriname
- Companies of Suriname
- Currency of Suriname: Dollar
- ISO 4217: SRD
- Energy in Suriname
- Energy policy of Suriname
- Oil industry in Suriname
- Health care in Suriname
- Mining in Suriname
- Suriname Stock Exchange
- Tourism in Suriname
- Transport in Suriname
- Airlines of Suriname
- Airports in Suriname
- Rail transport in Suriname
- Roads in Suriname
- Water supply and sanitation in Suriname
Education in Suriname
See also
 |
Dutch language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
- Index of Suriname-related articles
- List of Suriname-related topics
- List of international rankings
- Member state of the United Nations
- Outline of South America
- List of place names of Dutch origin
References
- 1 2 "Suriname". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 2, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
External links
- Government of the Republic of Suriname (in Dutch)
- Big database of Suriname websites (in Dutch)
- Business in Suriname Database
-
Suriname travel guide from Wikivoyage - "Suriname". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
- Outline of Suriname at DMOZ
- "Districts of Suriname". Statoids.
- Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
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