Republic of Suriname

Capital: Paramaribo

Total Area: 63,038.90 sq mi,163,270.00 sq km,(slightly larger than Georgia)

Population: 433,998 (July 2001 est.)

Estimated Population in 2050: 388,061

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), Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Javanese

Literacy: 93.0% total, 95.0% male, 91% female (1995 est.)

Religions: Hindu 27.4%, Muslim 19.6%, Roman Catholic 22.8%, Protestant 25.2% (predominantly Moravian), indigenous beliefs 5%

Life Expectancy: 68.97 male, 74.42 female (2001 est.)

Government Type: constitutional democracy

Currency: 1 Surinamese guilder, gulden, or florin (Sf.) = 100 cents

GDP (per capita): $3,400 (1999 est.)

Industry: bauxite and gold mining, alumina and aluminum production, lumbering, food processing, fishing

Agriculture: paddy rice, bananas, palm kernels, coconuts, plantains, peanuts; beef, chickens; forest products; shrimp

Arable Land: 0%

Natural Resources: timber, hydropower, fish, kaolin, shrimp, bauxite, gold, and small amounts of nickel, copper, platinum, iron ore

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