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Suriname Thematic Maps

Country (long form)	Republic of Suriname
Capital	Paramaribo
Total Area	63,038.90 sq mi 163,270.00 sq km (slightly larger than Georgia)
Population	433,998 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050	388,061
Languages	Dutch (official), English (widely spoken), Sranang Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki, is native language of Creoles and much of the younger population and is lingua franca among others), Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Javanese
Literacy	93.0% total, 95.0% male, 91% female (1995 est.)
Religions	Hindu 27.4%, Muslim 19.6%, Roman Catholic 22.8%, Protestant 25.2% (predominantly Moravian), indigenous beliefs 5%
Life Expectancy	68.97 male, 74.42 female (2001 est.)
Government Type	constitutional democracy
Currency	1 Surinamese guilder, gulden, or florin (Sf.) = 100 cents
GDP (per capita)	$3,400 (1999 est.)
Industry	bauxite and gold mining, alumina and aluminum production, lumbering, food processing, fishing
Agriculture	paddy rice, bananas, palm kernels, coconuts, plantains, peanuts; beef, chickens; forest products; shrimp
Arable Land	0%
Natural Resources	timber, hydropower, fish, kaolin, shrimp, bauxite, gold, and small amounts of nickel, copper, platinum, iron ore