Capital:
Paramaribo
Area:
163,820 sq km / 63,243 sq ml
Language:
Dutch, Sranan (creole), English, Hindi, and Spanish (main working language)
Currency:
Surinam Guilder
Population:
435,449
Life expectancy:
68 (men), 73 (women)
Literacy rate:
95%
Physical features:
Hilly and forested, with flat and narrow coastal plain
Ethnic distribution:
Creoles, East Indians, Indonesians, Africans, Native Indians, Europeans, and Chinese
Exports:
Alumina, aluminium, bauxite, rice, timber, bananas, shrimps
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