Districts of Suriname

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Suriname is divided into 10 districts (Dutch: districten).

## Overview

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Regions of Suriname by number and name

| District  | Capital  | Area (km2)  | Area (%)  | Population
(2012 census)[1] | Population (%)  | Pop. dens. (inhabitants/km2)

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| Suriname | Paramaribo | 163,820 | 100.0 | 541,638 | 100.0 | 3.3
1 | Brokopondo | Brokopondo | 7,364 | 4.5 | 15,909 | 2.9 | 2.2
2 | Commewijne | Nieuw-Amsterdam | 2,353 | 1.4 | 31,420 | 5.8 | 13.4
3 | Coronie | Totness | 3,902 | 2.2 | 3,391 | 0.6 | 0.9
4 | Marowijne | Albina | 4,627 | 2.8 | 18,294 | 3.4 | 4.0
5 | Nickerie | Nieuw-Nickerie | 5,353 | 3.3 | 34,233 | 6.3 | 6.4
6 | Para | Onverwacht | 5,393 | 3.3 | 24,700 | 4.6 | 4.6
7 | Paramaribo | Paramaribo | 182 | 0.1 | 240,924 | 44.5 | 1323.8
8 | Saramacca | Groningen | 3,636 | 2.2 | 17,480 | 3.2 | 4.8
9 | Sipaliwini | none | 130,567 | 79.7 | 37,065 | 6.8 | 0.3
10 | Wanica | Lelydorp | 443 | 0.3 | 118,222 | 21.8 | 266.9

## History

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The country was first divided up into subdivisions by the Dutch on October 8, 1834, when a Royal Decree declared that there were to be 8 divisions and 2 districts:[2]

* Upper Suriname and Torarica
* Para
* Upper Commewijne
* Upper Cottica and Perica
* Lower Commewijne
* Lower Cottica
* Matapica
* Saramacca
* Coronie (district)
* Nickerie (district)

The divisions were areas near the capital city, Paramaribo, and the districts were areas further away from the city.

* Suriname districts 1914-1917

* Suriname districts 1958-1967

* Suriname districts 1968-1985

In 1927, Suriname's districts were revised, and the country was divided into 7 districts. In 1943, 1948, 1949, 1952 and 1959 further small modifications were made. In 1968 the districts were redrawn again, into[3]

* Nickerie
* Coronie
* Saramacca
* Brokopondo
* Para
* Suriname
* Paramaribo
* Commewijne
* Marowijne

These divisions remained until 1980, when yet again, the borders of the districts were redrawn, however, with the following requirements:

* Changes in the old boundaries were made only if it leads to improved functioning
* Each area should be developed
* The new boundaries should respect the identities of indigenous people.

The last changes to the districts were in 1985.[3]

## See also

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* ISO 3166-2:SR
* Resorts of Suriname
* List of Caribbean First-level Subdivisions by Total Area

## References

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1. ^ Suriname at GeoHive
2. ^ "Beknopte aardrijkskundige beschrijving van Suriname" (PDF). Boeroes. 1898. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
3. ^ a b "Suriname Districts".

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Districts and resorts of Suriname

Brokopondo District|

* Brownsweg
* Centrum
* Klaaskreek
* Kwakoegron
* Marshallkreek
* Sarakreek

Commewijne District|

* Alkmaar
* Bakkie
* Margaretha
* Meerzorg
* Nieuw Amsterdam
* Tamanredjo

Coronie District|

* Johanna Maria
* Totness
* Welgelegen

Marowijne District|

* Albina
* Galibi
* Moengo
* Moengotapoe
* Patamacca
* Wanhatti

Nickerie District|

* Groot Henar
* Nieuw Nickerie
* Oostelijke Polders
* Wageningen
* Westelijke Polders

Para District|

* Bigi Poika
* Carolina
* Noord
* Oost
* Zuid

Paramaribo District|

* Beekhuizen
* Blauwgrond
* Centrum
* Flora
* Latour
* Livorno
* Munder
* Pontbuiten
* Rainville
* Tammenga
* Weg naar Zee
* Welgelegen

Saramacca District|

* Calcutta
* Groningen
* Jarikaba
* Kampong Baroe
* Tijgerkreek
* Wayamboweg

Sipaliwini District|

* Boven Coppename
* Boven Saramacca
* Boven Suriname
* Coeroeni
* Kabalebo
* Pamacca
* Tapanahony

Wanica District|

* De Nieuwe Grond
* Domburg
* Houttuin
* Koewarasan
* Kwatta
* Lelydorp
* Saramacca Polder

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