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 Latin America and the Caribbean -Contacts-
 Surinam

Basic Data*

Area: 163 270 km²
Capital: Paramaribo
Language(s): Dutch (official), Surinamese, English
Total Population: 0.4 (millions 2004)
Urban population:
73.5 (% of total)
Total estimated population 2015:
 0.5 (millions)
Currency: Florín de Suriname
PIB per cápita: ...
Grow Rate of Population: 0.5 (%/año, 2004-2015)
Religion(s): Protestant (25,2 %), Roman Catholic (22,8 %), Hindu (27,4 %), Islam (19,6 %), indigenous (5 %)
Population with sustainable access to an improved water source: 92 (%, annum 2004)
Population with sustainable access to improved sanitation: 94 (%, annum 2004)
Borders: The Atlantic Ocean to the north, French Guiana to the east, Brazil to the south, and Guyana to the west

Record of disasters:
http://www.em-dat.net/disasters/Visualisation/profiles/natural-table-emdat.php?country=Suriname

Technological disasters:
http://www.em-dat.net/disasters/Visualisation/profiles/tech-table-emdat.php?country=Suriname

 

Cruz Roja de Surinam
2 Gravenberchstraat
Apdo. 2919 Paramaribo, Surinam
Tel: (597) 49-8410
Fax: (597) 46-4780
E-mail: surcross@sr.net

Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD)
Keizerstraat 155
Paramaribo, Suriname
Tel: (597) 42-5148
Fax: (597) 42-5136
E-mail: undp@sr.net


Fundación para la Conservación de Surinam
Burenstraat 33, 4e etage, Paramaribo, Suriname S.A.
Tel: (597) 470155
Fax: (597) 470156
E-Mail: surconf@sr.net
Web Site: http://www.ci-suriname.org/scf/
 
* Source: Statistics and indicators are provided by the International Center for Scientific Research (CIRS); the United Nations Statistics Division from the World Statistics Pocketbook, Statistical Yearbook and Report, except capital cities, languages and illiteracy rate; the Human Development Report 2006; and the Data Base of Stadistics and Social Indicators (BADEINSO) of ECLAC.

Regional Disaster Information Center
Tel: (506) 296.3952 | Fax: (506) 2231.5973
Pavas, San José, Costa Rica,
P.O. Box 1122-1200 San José, Costa Rica – 101092
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