Country's codes
International phone code for Suriname: +597
Standard EAN-13 (country barcode): -
Olympic country code: SUR
Useful country information
Total area: 63,039 sq mi (163,270 sq km)
Population (2022 est.):591,798
Capital and largest city (2022 est.): Paramaribo, 250,000
Paramaribo: Capital City Profile
Monetary unit: Surinamese dollar
National name: Republiek Suriname
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), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Javanese
Ethnicity/race: East Indians (Hindustanis) 37%, Creole (mixed white and black) 31%, Javanese 15%, ?Bush Negroes? (also known as Maroons) 10%, Amerindian 2%, Chinese 2%, white 1%, other 2%
Religions: Hindu 27.4%, Protestant 25.2% (predominantly Moravian), Roman Catholic 22.8%, Islam 19.6%, indigenous 5%
National Holiday: Independence Day, November 25
Background:
It continued to rule through a succession of nominally civilian administrations until 1987, when international pressure finally brought about a democratic election.
In 1989, the military overthrew the civilian government, but a democratically elected government returned to power in 1991.
The coalition expanded to eight parties in 2005 and ruled until August 2010, when voters returned former military strongman Dési Bouterse and his opposition coalition to power. President Bouterse was reelected unopposed in 2015.
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