Ten Facts about suriname

1. Nickerie is a district of Suriname, on the north-west coast.
2. Saramacca is a district of Suriname, in the north.
3. Wanica is a district of Suriname, in the northeast.
4. Suriname, officially the Republiek Suriname, is a country in northern South America.
5. Suriname is a democracy based on the 1987 constitution.
6. Suriname is the smallest independent country in South America.
7. Suriname is a member of the Caribbean Community and Common Market and the Association of Caribbean States; it is associated with the European Union through the Lome Convention.
8. Suriname is densely forested and has thus far suffered little from deforestation, but increased interest in large-scale commercial logging and mining in Suriname's interior have raised environmental concerns.
9. Suriname's tourism sector remains a minor part of the economy, and tourist infrastructure is limited (in 2000, some 56,843 foreign tourists visited Suriname).
10. Suriname, makkelijk met het vliegtuig te bereiken, is een veelheid van culturen, samengekomen op een stukje van de aarde dat ook gezegend is met een prachtige natuur.