Districts of Suriname

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Suriname is divided into 10 districts.

Overview

District Capital Area (km²) Area (%) Population
(2012 census)[1]		 Population (%) Pop. dens. (inh/km²)
1 Brokopondo Brokopondo 7,3644.5 15,909 2.92.2
2 Commewijne Nieuw-Amsterdam 2,3531.4 31,4205.813.4
3 Coronie Totness 3,9022.4 3,3910.60.9
4 Marowijne Albina 4,6272.8 18,2943.44.0
5 Nickerie Nieuw-Nickerie 5,3533.3 34,2336.36.4
6 Para Onverwacht 5,3933.3 24,7004.64.6
7 Paramaribo Paramaribo 182 0.1 240,92444.51323.8
8 Saramacca Groningen 3,636 2.2 17,4803.24.8
9 Sipaliwini none 130,56779.7 37,0656.80.3
10 Wanica Lelydorp 4430.3 118,22221.8266.9
SURINAME Paramaribo 163,820 100.0541,638100.03.3

History

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:

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

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. On October 28, 1966, the districts were redrawn again, into

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

The districts created in 1980 remain to this day.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Suriname at GeoHive

External links

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