south america • SUR
Suriname
Location marker · geographic overview
4° N / 56° WTHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Paramaribo
- Population
- 634,431 2024
- Area
- 163,820 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Dutch
- Currency
- Surinamese dollar (SRD)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Suriname
Suriname (pronounced "surinam", or something like "SOOR-ee-nahm" for English speakers) is a small republic on the northeast coast of South America. It prides itself on its thoroughly multi-ethnic culture, a colourful blend of indigenous ("Amerindian") traditions, those of its former Dutch colonisers, and especially those of the African, Javanese, and South Asian ("Hindustani") workers they once invited or trafficked in.
Landscape & landmarks
With almost a third of the country being declared national reserves, Suriname's main tourist attraction are its vast natural lands and the diversity of flora and fauna in them.Read the see section ↗
Food & everyday culture
Because of the ethnic diversity there is a variety of exotic food available. Indian (specially roti with chicken), Chinese, Javanese (Indonesian) and Creole.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-12. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- South America
- Calling code
- +597
- Internet domain
- .sr
- Land border codes
- BRA, GUF, GUY
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the left side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .sr. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.