Suriname

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capital city country in South America sovereign state

Suriname is a small, ethnically diverse country on the northeastern coast of South America, known for its tropical rainforests, Dutch colonial heritage, and status as the continent’s only Dutch-speaking nation.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Dutch Guiana 6
Dutch Guiana (partly) 1
Dutch Suriname 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city ⓘ
country in South America ⓘ
sovereign state ⓘ
borderCountry Brazil ⓘ
French Guiana ⓘ
British Guiana ⓘ
surface form: Guyana
callingCode +597 ⓘ
capital Paramaribo ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
colonialStatus former Dutch colony ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
currency Surinamese dollar ⓘ
demonym Surinamese ⓘ
drivesOn left ⓘ
ethnicGroup Chinese Surinamese ⓘ
Creole Surinamese ⓘ
Indo-Caribbean people ⓘ
surface form: Hindustani Surinamese

Indigenous peoples in Suriname ⓘ
Javanese people of Suriname ⓘ
surface form: Javanese Surinamese

Maroon ⓘ
formerColonialPower Netherlands ⓘ
formerName Suriname self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Guiana
governmentType unitary parliamentary republic ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
hasMajorEcosystem Amazon rainforest ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of Suriname ⓘ
independenceDate 1975-11-25 ⓘ
independenceFrom Netherlands ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha2 SR ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha3 object ⓘ
largestCity Paramaribo ⓘ
legislature National Assembly of Suriname ⓘ
majorReligion Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
memberOf Caribbean Community ⓘ
Islamic Development Bank ⓘ
Organization of American States ⓘ
Union of South American Nations ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
nationalLanguage Sranan Tongo ⓘ
nationalMotto Justitia – Pietas – Fides ⓘ
nationalMottoLanguage Dutch ⓘ
nationalSport football ⓘ
officialLanguage Dutch ⓘ
officialName Suriname self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Suriname
officialScript Latin script ⓘ
region Caribbean ⓘ
Guianas ⓘ
timeZone UTC−03:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (99)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dutch colonial empire → hasPart → Suriname ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch Suriname
Dutch colonial empire → hasPart → Suriname ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch Guiana
this entity surface form: Dutch Guiana
Caribbean → includes → Suriname ⓘ
Guianas → includesTerritory → Suriname ⓘ
Paramaribo → largestCityOf → Suriname ⓘ
Paramaribo → locatedIn → Suriname ⓘ
UNASUL → memberState → Suriname ⓘ
scarlet ibis → nativeTo → Suriname ⓘ
Indian Arrival Day → observedIn → Suriname ⓘ
Janmashtami → observedIn → Suriname ⓘ
Rama Navami → observedIn → Suriname ⓘ
Suriname → officialName → Suriname self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of Suriname
WIC → operatedInColony → Suriname ⓘ
subject surface form: Dutch West India Company
Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Suriname ⓘ
Asian diaspora → presentIn → Suriname ⓘ
Sranan Tongo → primaryRegion → Suriname ⓘ
Holi → publicHolidayIn → Suriname ⓘ
this entity surface form: Suriname by the Dutch Republic
Hosay → region → Suriname ⓘ
Dutch settlers → settledIn → Suriname ⓘ
Dutch settlers → settledIn → Suriname ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch Guiana
Bhojpuri → spokenIn → Suriname ⓘ
Dutch → spokenIn → Suriname ⓘ
Hakka → spokenIn → Suriname ⓘ
Indo-Aryan languages → spokenIn → Suriname ⓘ
Ndyuka language → spokenIn → Suriname ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nieuw Nickerie
Dutch guilder → usedIn → Suriname ⓘ
Dutch guilder → usedIn → Suriname ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch Guiana
Pandey → usedInCountry → Suriname ⓘ
Willem → usedInRegion → Suriname ⓘ