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First explored by the Spaniards in the 16th century and then settled by the English in the mid-17th century, Suriname became a Dutch colony in 1667. With the abolition of African slavery in 1863, workers were brought in from India and Java. The Netherlands granted the colony independence in 1975. Five years later the civilian government was replaced by a military regime that soon declared Suriname a socialist republic. It continued to exert control through a succession of nominally civilian administrations until 1987, when international pressure finally forced a democratic election. In 1990, the military overthrew the civilian leadership, but a democratically elected government - a four-party coalition - returned to power in 1991. The coalition expanded to eight parties in 2005 and ruled until August 2010, when voters returned former military leader Desire BOUTERSE and his opposition coalition to power. President BOUTERSE was reelected unopposed in 2015.
Source:
World Factbook
2020
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Maps
Joshua Project
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Suriname map (World Factbook)
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Suriname
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Suriname map (World Factbook, modified)
People Groups
Afro-Guyanese
Akuliyo, Wama
Arab, Syrian
Arawak, Lokono
Aukan, Ndjuka
Carib, Galibi
Deaf
Han Chinese, Cantonese
Han Chinese, Hakka
Hmong Njua
Indonesian
Javanese, Caribbean
Jew, Dutch
Kwinti
Latin American, general
Saramaccan
Saramaccan, Matawari
Sarnami Hindi, Carribean Hindi
Sikiana
Surinamese Creole, Sranan
Surinamese, Dutch-speaking
Tiriyo
Warao
Wayana
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Suriname (Prayercast)
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Suriname (Operation World)
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Suriname (World Factbook website)
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Suriname (WorldBank)
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