Suriname
SR / SUR 4.0°, -56.0°
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Where it is
Languages
Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.
What it sells, and to whom
Every line is a thread: click a commodity or a partner to see who else trades in it.
Exports
Trades with
Industries
Farms and fisheries
- rice
- sugarcane
- oranges
- vegetables
- chicken
- cassava
Largest cities
| Paramaribo capital | 223,757 |
| Blauwgrond | 31,483 |
| Latour | 29,526 |
| Pontbuiten | 23,211 |
| Rainville | 22,747 |
Money, belief and alliances
Money
Belongs to
Organization of American States
Dutch Language Union
United Nations
World Meteorological Organization
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Union of South American Nations
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
UNESCO
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
World Health Organization
World Trade Organization
Interpol
Caribbean Community
International Hydrographic Organization
Universal Postal Union
Climate and geography
tropical; moderated by trade winds
Climate zone
Highest point
Northern hemisphere.
In charge right now
Figures from its history
Johan Ferrier
First president
Johan Henri Eliza Ferrier was a Surinamese politician who served as the first president of Suriname from 1975 to 1980.
Desi Bouterse
Coup leader and later president
Desiré "Desi" Delano Bouterse was a Surinamese military officer and politician, who served as the eighth president of Suriname from 2010 to 2020, having previously led the country twice after a coup as a military dictator from 1980 to 1987 and again from 1990...