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Suriname

Capital: Paramaribo

  • About 90.2% of Suriname is covered by forest, the highest share of any nation in the world.
  • Suriname is the only independent state outside Europe where Dutch is the official and prevailing language.
  • The Central Suriname Nature Reserve, a UNESCO site since 2000, has more than 5,000 identified plant species.
  • The Neveh Shalom Synagogue in Paramaribo is described as one of the oldest synagogues in the Americas.

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