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Suriname in Pictures explores the history and government, economy, people, geography, and cultural life of Suriname. This edition includes comprehensive text with strong curriculum ties, beautiful full-color photography throughout, and interesting, detailed sidebars. ... Read more

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The Kingdom of the Netherlands is a state with territory in Western Europe (the Netherlands) and in the Caribbean (Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles). The three parts are indicated as countries, and participate on a basis of equality as partners in the Kingdom. Their constitutional positions, however, are not the same. Both Caribbean countries are autonomous as provided for in the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which has been the Kingdom's leading document since 1954. The Charter also provides them, however, with a say in the Affairs of the Kingdom as described in the Charter, when these affairs affect Aruba and/or the Netherlands Antilles directly. The Netherlands are ruled by the institutions of the Kingdom that are mentioned in the Charter but regulated in the Constitution for the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Constitution for the Kingdom of the Netherlands was the highest law of the Kingdom up to 1954. ... Read more

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Chapters: Brokopondo Reservoir, Kronenburg, Suriname, Friendship, Suriname. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Suriname is located in northern South America and is part of Caribbean South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between French Guiana and Guyana. It is mostly covered by tropical rain forest, containing a great diversity of flora and fauna that, for the most part, are increasingly threatened by new development. There is a relatively small population, most of which live along the coast. Geographic coordinates: Map references: South America Total: 163,270 square kilometers (63,040 sq mi)Land: 161,470 square kilometers (62,340 sq mi)Water: 1,800 square kilometers (690 sq mi) Area - comparative: See order of magnitude 1 E+11 m². Total: 1,707 kilometers (1,061 mi) Border countries: Coastline: 386 kilometers (240 mi) Exclusive economic zone: 200 nmi (370.4 km; 230.2 mi) Territorial sea: 12 nmi (22.2 km; 13.8 mi) Suriname has a tropical environment, and is moderated by strong winds. Most of the country is made up of rolling hills, but there is a narrow coastal plain that has swampy terrain. Lowest point: Unnamed location in the coastal plain - 2 meters (7 ft) below Sea Level. Highest point: Juliana Top - 1,280 meters (4,200 ft) Timber, hydropower, fish, kaolin, shrimp, bauxite and gold. Small amounts of nickel, copper, platinum and iron ore. The country has one large reservoir, the Brokopondo Reservoir. Several rivers run through it, including the Suriname River, Nickerie River and Maroni or Marowijne River. (Using 1993 Estimates) Arable land: .36%Permanent crops: ... Read more

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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Suriname," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Suriname in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Suriname when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Suriname, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more

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Le Suriname ou Surinam (parfois appelé Guyane néerlandaise avant l'indépendance) est un pays situé en Amérique du Sud. La frontière avec la Guyane française (à 270 km de Cayenne) est établie sur le fleuve Maroni.L'orthographe Surinam est une ancienne variante. On trouve notamment cette orthographe dans le Candidede Voltaire. Aujourd'hui, l'orthographe Suriname est utilisée par l'Organisation des Nations unies, la Commission de toponymie de l'Institut géographique national français, l'Union européenne et l'Organisation internationale de normalisation. ... Read more

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A young man uncovers myth, history, and murder while searching for the soul of an unknown and magical place.

Andrew Westoll spent a year living the dream of every aspiring primatologist: following wild troops of capuchin monkeys through the remote Central Suriname Nature Reserve, the largest tract of pristine rainforest left on earth. But that was only the beginning.

Westoll left the world of science altogether when he departed Suriname six years ago. But the country itself stayed with him and became a strange obsession. Nestled above Brazil and the Upper Amazon Basin, Suriname has a legitimate claim to the title The Last Eden, as ninety percent of this mysterious country is covered in thick, neo-tropical jungle. Westoll read everything he could find about the old Dutch colony — wild stories about secretive Amazonian shamans, superstitious tribes of ex-African slaves, outlaw Brazilian gold-miners, a ghostly lake with the dead canopy of a drowned rainforest at its surface, and an unsolved political murder mystery that continues to haunt the nation. Five years passed, and Westoll yearned to return to the rainforest. Then the opportunity finally arose.

Westoll didn’t think twice — he immediately quit his job, gave away most of his possessions, and kissed the love of his life goodbye. For the next five months, he explored the most surreal country in South America for a glimpse of its quintessential soul. He struggled up dark neo-tropical rivers, immersed himself in Surinamese Maroon culture, and met a cast of characters whose eccentricities perfectly mirrored the strangeness of their land.

Westoll maps the natural and human geography of this exotic land while hunting for closure to his strange obsession with it. In the end, he tells a spellbinding story of survival, heartbreak, mystery, and murder. ... Read more

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Beyond Rumours
This book is recognizably one of a genre - the author has evidently taken his pattern from the books of famous `travel' writers including Paul Theroux and Bruce Chatwin, whose works he mentions in passing. That being said, it is a good read - certainly the best in English about Suriname - which touches on most of the key social and economic issues in the country today. Apart from a few minor inaccuracies - such as stating that `bami kip' (a Javanese dish) is the Hindustani staple (which is `roti kip') and that the red material of which the unpaved laterite roads are made is bauxite (a whitish substance) - the book has two main faults. First, it suffers from the notion that by `roughing it' one can get a much more authentic picture of a country than the usual tourist. This book disproves the assumption that a view of a society from the bottom up is any less skewed than a view from the top down. Despite mentioning one of them (Annette) by name, the author doesn't seem to have met any of the well educated, highly competent, multi-racial Surinamese professionals working for the Government and NGOs. In fact, apart from the Maroons and Amerindians with whom he spent time in the jungle, he seems to have socialized mainly with white outsiders - Peace Corps volunteers, Dutch investors and students. From the North American perspective, one of the great things about Suriname is that (at least in Paramaribo where the vast majority of the population lives) virtually everyone - even a vagrant I encountered - is fluent in English. You wouldn't think so from this book. Secondly, although this is not a frivolous book - the author goes well beyond Rumours (a hotel bar in Paramaribo), travelling off the beat track in Suriname, and is familiar with a lot of literature about the country, including the books of Steadman, Walsh and Price - the author insists on sharing with the reader all his human frailties, recounting every time he gets drunk, uses dope or goes to a brothel. Evidently, he is the type of Canadian who, having been rigorously sheltered from alcohol consumption during youth, cannot have a drink without ending up drunk. Perhaps this is done to lend authenticity to the narrative; but, while his personal angst is understandably important to him, it adds nothing of interest to the book from the reader's viewpoint. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wageningen is a community resort and an agricultural place in the Republic of Suriname and located in the coastal area of West Suriname in the Nickerie District, at the harbour of the Nickerie river across the right estuary of the Maratakka river. Wageningen is well known as the rice centre of Suriname and is located on the world map as 5° 46' NB, 56° 41' WL. Wageningen has the presence of large piece of fertile land, desired climate with enough rainfall and the absence of natural disasters. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rainville is a resort in Suriname, located in the Paramaribo District. Its population at the 2004 census was 28,853. Paramaribo is a district of Suriname, encompassing the city of Paramaribo and the surrounding area. Paramaribo district has a population of 213,840 and an area 183 km².The area was first colonised by the British in the 1600s with the construction of Fort Willoughby. This fort was later taken by the Netherlands and renamed Fort Zeelandia. The area, and the city of Paramaribo, switched between Dutch and British control until the Treaty of Breda at the end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War ceded all of Suriname to the Dutch. ... Read more

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One of a series which aims to introduce children to the diversity of countries and cultures to be found in the Americas. Each book provides a detailed map of the country, a text with the relevant geographical details and a system of running and margin headings to aid swift information access. ... Read more

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