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	Suriname. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		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.
		The capital and largest city is Paramaribo, which is situated on the Suriname River.
		Suriname is one of the world’s great producers of bauxite, which accounts for about 70% of export revenues.
	www.bartleby.com /65/su/Surinam.html (693 words)

	Encyclopedia: History of Suriname
		The first Europeans who came to Suriname were Dutch traders who visited the area along with other parts of the South America's 'Wild Coast.' The first attempts to settle the area by Europeans was in 1630, when English settlers led by Captain Marshall attempted to found a colony.
		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.
		Suriname was occupied by the British in 1799 after the Netherlands were incorporated by France, and was returned to the Dutch in 1816, after the defeat of Napoleon.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/History-of-Suriname (3760 words)

	Suriname Hotel Association
		Suriname lies on the northeast coast of South America, with Guyana to the west, French Guyana to the east and Brazil to the south.
		The principal rivers are the Corantijn river on the Guyana border, the Marowijne river on the French Guyana border, and in the middle the Suriname river on which the capital city of Paramaribo (also the largest city) with its 120,000 inhabitants is situated.
		The official language is Dutch as Suriname is a former colony of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
	www.surinamehotels.org (633 words)

	A hafted Amerindian stone axe recovered from the Suriname River
		A stone axe with handle was found in the middle of the Suriname River near the junction with Klaaskreek (Figure 1) during dredging operations.
		The Kashinawa of the Purús River in Brazil insert the blade one or two cm in the handle, against which it is kept by bush-rope passing through the blade’s notches, and by an encircling layer of resin mixed with bee’s wax.
		All three are from Brazil: one from the Baniwa at the Atabapo River (Figure 34) one from the Katawixi (Jurua and Purus Rivers), and one of a group at the Padauari River (Ribeiro, 1988).
	home.planet.nl /~vrstg/guianas/suriname/bijl.htm (8399 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)

	Suriname in 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The British settled the Suriname river around 1650 and traded it to the Dutch for Nieuw Amsterdam (New York) by the treaty of Breda in 1667.
		Paramaribo on the Suriname River is an attractive city of 200 000 and you can go anywhere without risk of being mugged (at least in the daytime).
		Rivers provide the principal mode of transport in the three Guyanas because their road systems are rather primitive.
	berclo.net /page97/97en-suriname.html (401 words)

	Tourist in Suriname - Hotel Krasnapolsky Paramaribo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Suriname is known for its topographical diversity: from the peaceful plains on the northern coast, its vast savannahs to the dense tropical Amazonian forest.
		Suriname is situated on the north-eastern coast of South America.
		Suriname lies outside the hurricane zone and the most extreme weather type is the "sibibusi" (the "bush sweeping"), a torrential rain.
	www.krasnapolsky.sr /eng/tourist.html (1190 words)

	Peter A. J. Troon - The Suriname Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The Suriname Rivers rises in the center of Suriname and ends in the Atlantic Ocean.
		Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname is near the Suriname coast.
		For the economy of Suriname it is important to have a permanent connection between Paramaribo and the eastern side of Suriname.
	www.troon.org /suriname/bridge.html (466 words)

	Description of Peter's Suriname Pictures 2001 - Peter Troon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		This is the capital of the district Nickerie in the West of Suriname.
		It is one of the smaller rivers in Suriname.
		Nieuw Amsterdam is a village near the Commewijne river in the Commewijne district.
	home.petwa.com /suriname/suripics/explain.html (5979 words)

	Suriname
		Suriname is the middle one of the three Guyanas, on the northern shore of the South American continent.
		Suriname differs from its neighbours by the fact that cultural diversity has been conserved to a considerable extent.
		And this is a fertility god* of the Saramaccans, who live along the Suriname river.
	www.ecocam.com /culture/Suriname.html (1163 words)

	Search Results for Paramaribo - Encyclopædia Britannica
		river, central and eastern Suriname, rising in the highlands at the junction of the Wilhelmina and Eilerts de Haan ranges.
		Suriname's system of education is modeled on that of The Netherlands, and Dutch is the language of instruction.
		It lies on the Nickerie River, near the mouth of the Courantyne (Dutch Corantijn) River, 3 miles (5 km) from the Atlantic coast.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=Paramaribo&submit=Find&source=MWTAB (335 words)

	Peter A. J. Troon - Other information about Suriname (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Suriname is in the Tropics and therefore people visiting Suriname should that into account and make sure that they get the right vaccinations.
		The Suriname river is a very wide river and therefore a wide limitation for the development of Suriname.
		In 2000 Suriname finally found a way to get rid of this limitation: A bridge across the Suriname river was opened by the President of that time, Mr.
	www.troon.org /suriname/other.html (509 words)

	Utrechtse promoties in kartografie
		The history of surveying and mapping in Suriname is interwinded with the colonial policy of -and the development of cartography in- the Netherlands.
		Nevertheless the vast stretches of land between the main rivers and south aal of the coastal area remained terra incognita until 1947, when photogrammetry was applied in mapping the country.
		Finally Loth surveyed another traverse in 1892 running between the Tapanahoni river and the Sara creek, after the area between the Tapanahoniand the Lawa-rivers was unconditionally declared Suriname territory by the arbitral judgement of Czar Alexander III of Russia.
	cartography.geog.uu.nl /research/phd/wekker.html (5509 words)

	Suriname before Columbus
		The trench is situated on top of a low hill on the watershed between the Mapane River and the Commewijne River, in the centre of a kind of triangle, consisting of two rivers which flow together a little further to the north (Fig.
		S-22), the Corantijn River and the Marowijne River are three geographical areas with a special relation: the two rivers are the only ones in Suriname which have several of their source creeks in the Sipaliwini Savanna (Fig.
		Revision of the Stratigraphy of the coastal Plain of Suriname.
	home.wxs.nl /~vrstg/guianas/suriname/suriname.htm (7783 words)

	Suriname River -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		The river is obstructed by rapids in its upper course, where it is called the Gran River, and is dammed at Sintia,...
		The town is located along the Suriname River between the hydroelectric Pheda Dam to the north and the Afobaka Dam to the south.
		It is located on the continent's north-central coast and is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the north, French Guiana on the east, Brazil on the south, and Guyana on the west.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9379933?tocId=9379933 (789 words)

	suriname tourism foundation - general info 1
		Suriname is located on the north-east coast of South America and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, French Guiana to the east, Brazil to the south and Guyana to the west.
		Suriname is the place to go whether you are a nature lover or a party animal, whether you are looking for something different or a relaxing place this vacation.
		Langatabbetje (or Langatabiki, means 'long river island') is part of the territory of the Paramaccans, a Marron tribe that was formed in the 18th century by runaway slaves from plantations along the Commewijne and Cottica rivers.
	www.parbo.com /tourism/geninfo1.htm (3053 words)

	Suriname Exploration
		Suriname is still sparsely populated with only an estimated 450,000 inhabitants, of which 95% live along the Atlantic Ocean coastal zone.
		Suriname's principal export and source of foreign investment is bauxite, accounting for 70 percent of Suriname's exports an 10 percent of GDP.
		Suriname is a member of the United Nations, the Organization of American States, the Caribbean Community, the Association of Caribbean States and a member of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Nations.
	www.explorationsinc.com /suriname-tours-travel.html (2610 words)

	Suriname Capital - ABC Guyana
		Paramaribo suriname paramaribo grew industrial mid 180 firms northeastern plywood 1863 port inland abolition aluminum city's 1900's manufacture...
		Paramaribo Paramaribo, city in northern Suriname, capital of the country, on the Suriname River, near the Atlantic Ocean.
		Suriname's capital city, Paramaribo, is hard to pronounce (the stress is on the third `a'), but even harder for many people to find in the atlas.
	www.doylestownfireco.com /suriname-capital.html (326 words)

	ipedia.com: Foreign relations of Suriname Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Suriname claims an area in French Guiana between Litani River and Marouini River (both headwaters of the Lawa).
		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 participates in the Amazonian Pact, a grouping of the countries of the Amazon Basin that focuses on protection of the Amazon region's natural resources from environmental degradation.
	www.ipedia.com /foreign_relations_of_suriname.html (475 words)

	Otto_Tank
		Members of the Moravian Church in Suriname are undoubtedly familiar with the achievements of Otto Tank as missionary and head of the Kersten Company in the 1840s and appreciate his role in making known to the absentee plantation owners the unfortunate condition of the slaves the Moravian missionaries came to help.
		We struggled onwards against the raging river, passing the river banks which were thickly carpeted with countless vines hanging from the high crowns of the trees of this tropical forest.
		Their actual homeland is on the upper Marowijne River, The group of Negroes called the Boni and the rebels of 1805 live near them in their heavily fortified villages in the mountains.
	www.patrickkillough.com /religion/otto_tank.html (11522 words)

	Rainforest, Coppename River, Raleighvallen, Suriname
		The Coppename River flows north from central Suriname to the Carribean/Atlantic Ocean.
		There are many species of fish in the river including piranha and electric eels.
		On a Saturday afternoon in early March our boat came up the river from Boskamp with two people, the captain and his mate and a full cargo of food, tools, and wood.
	home1.gte.net /vze6xt7v/id1.html (872 words)

	capital of suriname and other suriname related information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Capital Paramaribo Suriname began the 20th century as a colony of the Netherlands.
		Paramaribo, the 17th-century capital of Suriname, is graced with attractive Dutch, French, Spanish and British colonial architecture.
		Paramaribo The capital of Suriname is on the Suriname River, near the Atlantic Ocean.
	www.nethorde.com /suriname/capital-of-suriname.html (285 words)

	Ecoturismolatino.com / EcoTravellers / Travel Guide / EcoTravel Directory / Suriname / Maratakka River
		The Maratakka River is a narrow, winding jungle river in the district Nickerie in western Suriname.
		Among the types of monkeys common to the area is the lively squirrel monkey and also capuchin, red howler, flspider monkeys and red-handed tamarin may be seen on the river and in the vast forests of the area.
		On the river it is also possible to meet a family of river otters, a solitary manatee or even an anaconda.
	www.ecoturismolatino.com /eng/ecotravellers/guide/countries/surinam/destinations/npa/maratakka.htm (406 words)

	A walk through Paramaribo
		This settlement at the west bank of the Suriname river, 23 km from the Atlantic Ocean, was the basis for the current Paramaribo, the capital of the Republic Suriname.
		The ferries to the village Meerzorg across the Suriname river leave from some two hundred metres further along the Waterkant.
		Ferry at the Suriname river (Portrait of Suriname)
	staff.science.uva.nl /~erikt/suriname/paramaribo.html (866 words)

	General information
		The car ferry ‘Le Maroni’ serves the connection between Albina in Suriname and St. Laurent in French Guyana, while the ‘Canawaima’ ferry serves the connection between Southdrain in Suriname and Moleson Creek in Guyana.
		The Suriname Tourism Foundation was established in 1996 at the initiative of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Tourism.
		The STF provides information about Suriname's tourism industry, organizes workshops and training courses for workers in the tourism industry, and is also actively promoting Suriname as a tourist destination.
	www1.sr.net /~t100956/generalinfo1.htm (644 words)

	Guianas: Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana Adventure Itinerary/Rates
		The river, which takes in a dominant place in Commewijne, provides a way of earning a living to many fishermen in the area.
		Karanambu Ranch is situated where the north savannah grassland, swamp and flood forest meet on the Rupununi River and the horse flats stretch towards the Pakaraima Mountains and into Brazil.
		This morning depart for a flight to Kaieteur Falls which is situated in the heart of Guyana on the Potaro River, a tributary of the Essequibo.
	www.travelvantage.com /tou_guy_guianas.html (2811 words)

	Suriname - Our Guide to a Little Known Nation
		History of the Jews in Suriname - History of the Jews in Suriname - The greatest permanent settlement of Jews in South America.
		This erstwhile Indian village, occupied in the 17th century by the English, French, and finally Dutch, sits on the Suriname River, nine...
		The languages of Suriname - The languages of Suriname - The larger part of the Surinamese population is descended from immigrants who came from three different continents: Africa, Asia and Europe.
	www.escapeartist.com /suriname/suriname.htm (1773 words)

	The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Suriname @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		SURINAME [Suriname], officially Republic of Suriname, republic (1995 est.
		The Dutch hold on the east coast was interrupted by English and French attacks and by a slave insurrection (1762-63).
		Our archive contains millions of documents from thousands of sources and goes back over 23 years.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1E1:Surinam&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (748 words)

	Suriname Map, Flag, Capital Paramaribo, Rivers and Roads - South America
		Suriname Map, Flag, Capital Paramaribo, Rivers and Roads - South America
		Capital city Paramaribo, rivers, maps of roads, main cities and flag.
		Country maps of roads, Map of Suriname, South America.
	www.america-atlas.com /suriname.htm (1375 words)

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