Paramaribo, Suriname
Paramaribo is the capital and largest city of Suriname. The city has a population of roughly 241,000 people, almost half of the country’s population. The historic inner city of Paramaribo has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002.
About Paramaribo, Suriname in brief
Paramaribo is the capital and largest city of Suriname. The city has a population of roughly 241,000 people, almost half of the country’s population. The historic inner city of Paramaribo has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002. It is located on the SurinAME River, approximately 15 kilometres inland from the Atlantic Ocean, in the Paramaribe district. The name is probably a corruption of the name of an Indian village, Parmurbo. It was the location of the first Dutch settlement, a trading post established by Nicolaes Baliestel and Dirck Claeszoon van Sanen in 1613. The Dutch settlement was abandoned some time before the arrival of English settlers in 1650 to found Willoughbyland.
Among the first British settlers were many Jews and one of the oldest synagogues in the Americas is found in Paramaribos. The old town has suffered many devastating fires over the years, notably in January 1821 and September 1832. In 1987 an administrative reorganization took place in Surinamese and the city was divided into 12 administrative resorts. In the past decades a significant number of Europeans, Guyanese, Lebanese and Chinese immigrants have settled in the city.
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