Suriname is officially known as the Republic of Suriname, a country on the northeastern Atlantic coastline of South America. It is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, French Guiana to the eastern, Guyana to the west, as well as Brazil to the south.

At just under 165,000 square kilometers (64,000 square miles), it is the tiniest sovereign state in South America. It has a population of roughly 575,990, a lot of whom survive on the country’s north coast, around its funding as well as largest city, Paramaribo.

Located slightly north of the equator, Suriname is a tropical country dominated by rain forests. Its extensive tree cover is crucial to the country’s efforts to minimize environment change and also maintain carbon negative thoughts. A developing country with a relatively high degree of human development, Suriname’s economic situation is greatly depending on its abundant natural deposits, specifically bauxite, gold, petroleum as well as farming items.

Suriname was lived in as early as the fourth millennium BC by various indigenous peoples, including the Arawaks, Caribs, and Wayana. Europeans showed up in the 16th century, with the Dutch establishing control over much of the nation’s present area by the late 17th century.

During the Dutch colonial duration, Suriname was a rewarding source of sugar, its ranch economic climate driven by African slave labor as well as, after abolition of enslavement in 1863, indentured servants from Asia. In 1954, Suriname became one of the basic nations of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. On 25 November 1975, it left the Kingdom to become an independent state, yet continues to maintain close financial, diplomatic, and also social connections with it.

Suriname is thought about a culturally Caribbean nation, and is a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). It is the only sovereign country outside of Europe where Dutch is the authorities as well as prevailing language of government, company, media, as well as education. According to study by the Dutch Language Union, Dutch is the native language of 60% of Surinamese. Sranan Tongo, an English-based creole language, is an extensively utilized lingua franca.