Capital: Paramaribo
Location: Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between French Guiana and Guyana
Government: Republic of Suriname
Currency: Surinamese dollars (SRD)
Area: 163,820 sq km
Population: 614,749 (July 2021 est.)
Languages: Dutch (official), English (widely spoken), Sranang Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki, is the native language of Creoles and much of the younger population and is lingua franca among others), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Javanese
Religion: Protestant 23.6% (includes Evangelical 11.2%, Moravian 11.2%, Reformed .7%, Lutheran .5%), Hindu 22.3%, Roman Catholic 21.6%, Muslim 13.8%, other Christian 3.2%, Winti 1.8%, Jehovah's Witness 1.2%, other 1.7%, none 7.5%, unspecified 3.2% (2012 est.)
TimeZone: UTC-3
Tel Code: +597
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