Location: Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between French Guiana and Guyana

Language: 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

Currency: 1 Surinamese guilder, gulden, or florin (Sf.) = 100 cents

Population: 431,156

Natural Hazards: NA

Import: capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs, cotton,
consumer goods

Export: alumina, aluminum, crude oil, lumber, shrimp and fish, rice, bananas

Industries: bauxite and gold mining, alumina and aluminum production, lumbering, food processing, fishing

Transportation:
Railways:
total: 166 km (single track)
standard gauge: 80 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 86 km 1.000-m gauge

Highways:
total: 4,530 km
paved: 1,178 km
unpaved: 3,352 km

Waterways: 1,200 km; most important means of transport; oceangoing vessels
with drafts ranging up to 7 m can navigate many of the principal waterways

Ports & Harbors: Albina, Moengo, New Nickerie, Paramaribo, Paranam, Wageningen