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Topic: Suriname


  
  Surinam.net Network
Nickerie is a district of Suriname, on the north-west coast.
Saramacca is a district of Suriname, in the north.
Wanica is a district of Suriname, in the northeast.
www.surinam.net   (5844 words)

  
  Suriname - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Suriname, officially the Republiek Suriname, is a country in northern South America.
Suriname is a democracy based on the 1987 constitution.
Suriname is the smallest independent country in South America.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Suriname   (1551 words)

  
 Suriname (09/05)
Suriname is a member of the Caribbean Community and Common Market and the Association of Caribbean States; it is associated with the European Union through the Lome Convention.
Suriname is densely forested and has thus far suffered little from deforestation, but increased interest in large-scale commercial logging and mining in Suriname's interior have raised environmental concerns.
Suriname's tourism sector remains a minor part of the economy, and tourist infrastructure is limited (in 2000, some 56,843 foreign tourists visited Suriname).
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/1893.htm   (4800 words)

  
 Informatie over Suriname
Suriname, makkelijk met het vliegtuig te bereiken, is een veelheid van culturen, samengekomen op een stukje van de aarde dat ook gezegend is met een prachtige natuur.
De vliegreis vanaf Schiphol naar Suriname, duurt ongeveer acht uur en daarna is het niet alleen uitdagingen overwinnen en grenzen verleggen in een van de vele jungletours, maar u kunt zeker ook luieren in een hangmat en dobberen in een zwembad of een van de vele kreken.
September is het in Suriname gemiddeld 2 graden warmer dan de rest van het jaar en het koelst is het in de maanden van februari tot en met April.
www.suriname.nu   (576 words)

  
 suriname tourism foundation - info page 1
Suriname is known for its topographical diversity from its serene flat Northern Coast and its outstretched savanna's to the vast density of the Amazone jungle.
Suriname is located on the northeast coast of South America and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, French Guyana to the East, Brazil to the south and Guyana to the west.
Suriname's nature is protected by a system of 19 nature reserves and other protected areas, in which one can find countless species of plants, birds, mammals, and reptiles.
www.parbo.com /tourism/info1.htm   (1004 words)

  
 Index of Economic Freedom 2006 - Suriname
Suriname is rich in natural resources, especially timber and minerals; there are reserves of bauxite, gold, nickel, and silver.
Suriname's fiscal burden of government score is 0.3 point better this year, its monetary policy score is 1 point better, and its informal market score is 2 points better.
From 1995 to 2004, Suriname's weighted average annual rate of inflation was 14.74 percent, down from the 24.62 percent between 1994 and 2003 reported in the 2005 Index.
www.heritage.org /research/features/index/country.cfm?id=Suriname   (939 words)

  
 Suriname - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Part of the Guiana region, it is separated from Brazil on the south by the Tumuc-Humac Mts., from Guyana on the west by the Corantijn (Courantyne or Corentyne) River, and from French Guiana on the east by the Maroni River.
Suriname is one of the world's great producers of bauxite, which accounts for about 60% of export revenues.
In 1954, Suriname officially became an internally autonomous part of the kingdom of the Netherlands, and in 1975 it became independent.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/Surinam.asp   (850 words)

  
 Peter Troon - History of Suriname
Suriname is a small country in South America, located on the Northeastern coast.
In 1954 Suriname was recognized by the Netherlands as Overseas Territory in stead of a Dutch colony.
Suriname is a country of which there is a lot to tell about.
www.geocities.com /TheTropics/4509/suriname-general.html   (1178 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Suriname   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The Republic of Suriname, more commonly known as Suriname or Surinam, (formerly known as Netherlands Guiana and Dutch Guiana) is a country in northern South America, in between French Guiana to the east and Guyana to the west.
The economy of Suriname is dominated by the bauxite industry, which accounts for more than 15 percent of GDP and 70 percent of export earnings.
Suriname's economic prospects for the medium term will depend on continued commitment to responsible monetary and fiscal policies and to the introduction of structural reforms to liberalize markets and promote competition.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Suriname   (2444 words)

  
 suriname map and map of suriname and information page
Even though the land was briefly held by the English, it was the Dutch that controlled and influenced Suriname for almost 300 years.
Suriname is home to the WJ van Bloomenstein Lake, one of the largest reservoir lakes on the planet; created by a river dam, it provides hydro power for many of the country's industries.
Suriname is a land of rivers, and major ones include the Coppename, Corantyne, Gran, Lucie, Marowijne and Saramacca.
www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/samerica/sr.htm   (952 words)

  
 Suriname
In 1795 the 'Society of Suriname' is liquidated, and the colony is governed by the 'Raad der Colonien' ('Council of Colonies').
The present flag of Surinam was established by a Decree of the Governor (Johan H. Ferrier) dated 25 November 1975 (abrogating Decree G.B. 1929 No.105 of 8 December 1959) and the appendix gave construction details, official colour specifications and the original symbolism of the flag.
In the case of Surinam the star itself is centred on the flag, while the imaginary circle in which it is created actually extends below the edge of the red stripe.
flagspot.net /flags/sr.html   (1564 words)

  
 Suriname
The Jewish community of Suriname is one of the oldest in the Americas.
Suriname was attacked by the French under the command of Du Casse in 1689 and under the command of Cassard in 1712, who looted the colony and also inflicted much harm to the Jewish planters.
As the Jewish population declined during the first quarter of the 20th century, the economic situation of the colony forced what was left of a thriving Jewish community to relocate itself mainly in Paramaribo, the capital.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vjw/Suriname.html   (1475 words)

  
 Preamble
Political democracy is characterized by the participation and representation of the Suriname people, which shall express itself through the participation of the people in laying down a democratic political regime, and through their participation in legislation and administration, aimed at the upholding and expanding of this system.
Eligible are the inhabitants who have Suriname nationality, who have reached the age of twenty-one and have not been deprived of the right to vote on the grounds mentioned in the previous article under (a) and (c).
The President shall not declare the Republic of Suriname to be at war, in danger of war of in state of siege, except with the previous consent of the National Assembly.
www.cmseducation.org /wconsts/suriname.html   (10302 words)

  
 Suriname: Tutte le informazioni su Suriname su Encyclopedia.it   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Suriname: Tutte le informazioni su Suriname su Encyclopedia.it
Il Suriname è una nazione (163.270 km², 433.998 abitanti, capitale Paramaribo) dell'America meridionale.
L'istruzione superiore è fornita dall'Università di Suriname (1968) di Paramaribo.
www.encyclopedia.it /s/su/suriname.html   (603 words)

  
 GUIDE TO LAW ONLINE: Suriname
Constitution of Suriname, 1987, with 1992 Reforms (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas) in English
NATLEX: Suriname (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Suriname to the United Nations
www.loc.gov /law/guide/suriname.html   (166 words)

  
 The Amerindians of Suriname: Caribbean Amerindian Centrelink
Excerpt—“ CI is working in the South American nations of Suriname and Guyana, where the northern reaches of the Amazon Basin still exist as uninterrupted expanses of tropical forest.
In Suriname, CI is working to promote biodiversity conservation through the rehabilitation of the existing protected area system, and the development of economically viable market alternatives such as non-timber forest products and ecotourism.
The Indigenous community of Kwamalasemutu in Suriname has demanded for the second time this year that mining companies leave its land and that its rights to own and control those lands be recognized and respected.
www.centrelink.org /Suriname.html   (1486 words)

  
 Suriname
Suriname, formerly Dutch Guiana, is located on the Caribbean coast of South America, between Guyana and French Guyana.
Suriname is covered by large areas of biological diverse, tropical forest with some areas of savanna.
Suriname's forest people, Amer-indians and maroons, have had land rights repeatedly recognized first by the Dutch, and then the Surinamese governments - as recently as 1992, but the city elite prefer to ignore the very existence of people in the interior.
nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu /~arm/suriname.html   (654 words)

  
 Suriname before Columbus
It is clear, however, that the gap in Suriname between the Sipaliwini hunters and the first pottery makers is filled by the inhabitants of 30 shell-mound sites in the coastal area west of the Essequibo.
S-13): a botanical study of the species that occur on 4 mounds in coastal Suriname indicated that ca 50% of all these species are labeled as useful or usable by man living at present in the interior of the country.
Revision of the Stratigraphy of the coastal Plain of Suriname.
home.wxs.nl /~vrstg/guianas/suriname/suriname.htm   (7783 words)

  
 Suriname
Suriname is a constitutional democracy, with a president elected by the unicameral legislature.
The police force (Korps Politie Suriname) has approximately 1,200 police officers and 350 civilians and is divided into 4 departments: Judicial (intelligence, forensics, fraud, narcotics, investigative), general, Paramaribo, and interior (outside of Paramaribo).
Suriname Labor College and other unions subsidized by the Ministry of Labor conducted campaigns aimed at eliminating child labor in its worst forms in various districts of the country, including Nickerie, Paramaribo, and Marowijne; the campaign targeted public and private sector officials, school teachers, students, and caregivers.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41775.htm   (6536 words)

  
 Suriname
Suriname lies on the northeast coast of South America, with Guyana to the west, French Guiana to the east, and Brazil to the south.
The principal rivers are the Corantijn on the Guyana border, the Marowijne in the east, and the Suriname, on which the capital city of Paramaribo is situated.
Suriname's earliest inhabitants were the Surinen Indians, after whom the country is named.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108000.html   (804 words)

  
 Suriname Opens Its Rain forest After a Civil War
While I sympathized with her neurosis and related all-too-well with her perhaps oddly-stated gripe with the health care establishment, I had never seen such a manifestation of symptoms.
He explained something about Suriname's weak and constantly devalued currency that was contributing to a tragic and atypical fuel shortage.
I was immediately grateful for the upturned and clearly not-belligerent expressions on the faces of some of the younger members of our welcoming committee at the airstrip, since I was unarmed, and not one of them, it was clear, spoke Surinamese, nor, need I add, English.
www.well.com /user/fine/journalism/suriname.html   (1200 words)

  
 Tropical Rainforest in Suriname
Despite the fact that all of Suriname has a tropical rainforest climate, there are several vegetation types.
The dunes are forested, and this forest accommodates an endemic species for Suriname: Bromelia alta*.
In a tropical rainforest, there are often 3 tree layers, and in Suriname it is mostly the second layer of trees that forms a closed canopy, at an altitude of about 35 meters above the forest floor.
www.ecocam.com /nature/Suriname.html   (2664 words)

  
 Suriname News - Media Monitoring Service by EIN News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
there she wore several pieces of her jewellery, some of which was brought from Suriname for her by Montrose." The lawyer added that the charge that is before the...
He said foreign speakers from Malaysia, Australia and Suriname are also expected to attend the conference.
The former British colony wedged between Venezuela and Suriname escaped the violence of past votes when tensions between the ethnic Indian majority and...
www.einnews.com /suriname   (1049 words)

  
 Suriname
For further information, travelers can contact the Embassy of the Republic of Suriname, 4301 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 460, Washington, DC 20008, telephone (202) 244-7488, email: embsur@erols.com, or the Consulate of Suriname in Miami, 7235 NW 19th Street, Suite A, Miami, Fl 33126, telephone (305) 593-2697.
Demonstrations are rare, but American citizens traveling to or residing in Suriname should take common-sense precautions and avoid large gatherings or other events where crowds have congregated to demonstrate or protest.
Engaging in sexual conduct with children or using or disseminating child pornography in a foreign country is a crime, prosecutable in the United States.
travel.state.gov /travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1030.html   (2125 words)

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