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Suriname

Currency code: 
Currency name: 
Suriname dollar
Country name: 
Suriname
Capital: 
Paramaribo
Country code: 
Continent: 
Independence: 
November 25, 1975
Independent from: 
from the Netherlands
Total area: 
163,820
Land area: 
156,000
Water area: 
7,820
Population: 
566,846
Population note: 
566,846 (July 2013 est.)
Official language: 
Dutch
All languages: 
Dutch (official), English (widely spoken), Sranang Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki, is native language of Creoles and much of the younger population and is lingua franca among others), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Javanese
Time zone: 
ART (UTC-3) - Summer (DST) not observed (UTC-3)
Drive on: 
Left
Calling code: 
+597
Domain: 
.sr