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Capital: paramaribo
Country name
: conventional long form: republic of suriname conventional short form: suriname local long form: republiek suriname local short form: suriname former: netherlands guiana. dutch guiana
National holiday: independence day. 25 november (1975)
Government type
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constitutional democracy
Administrative divisions: 10 districts (distrikten. singular - distrikt); brokopondo. commewijne. coronie. marowijne. nickerie. para. paramaribo. saramacca. sipaliwini. wanica |
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Independence:
25 november 1975 (from netherlands)
Political parties and leaders: alternative-1 or a-1 (a coalition of democrats of the 21st century or d-21 [soewarto moestadja]. nieuw suriname or ns [radjen nanan panday]. political wing of the fal or pvf [jiwan sital]. trefpunt 2000 or t-2000 [arti jessurun]); general interior development party or abop [ronnie brunswijk]; national democratic party or ndp [desire bouterse]; new front for democracy and development or nf (a coalition which includes democratic alternative 1991 or da-91 which split from the a-1 combination before the elections of may 2005 and are an independent. business-oriented party [winston jessurun]. national party suriname or nps (ronald venetiaan]. united reform party or vhp [ram sardjoe]. pertjaja luhur or pl [salam paul somohardjo]. surinamese labor party or spa [siegfried gilds]); party for democracy and development in unity or doe [marten schalkwijk]; people's alliance for progress or vvv (a coalition of democratic national platform 2000 or dnp-2000 [jules wijdenbosch]. grassroots party for renewal and democracy or bvd [tjan gobardhan]. party for national unity and solidarity of the highest order or ktpi [willy soemita]. party for progression. justice. and perserverance or pprs [renee kaiman]. pendawalima or pl [raymond sapoen]); progressive laborers and farmers union or palu [jim hok]; seeka [paul abena]; union of progressive surinamers or ups [sheoradj panday]
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Political pressure groups and leaders:
association of indigenous village chiefs [ricardo pane]; association of saramaccan authorities or maroon [head captain wase]; women's parliament forum or pvf [iris gilliad]
International organization participation
: acp. caricom. csn. fao. g-77. iadb. ibrd. icao. icftu. icrm. idb. ifad. ifrcs. iho. ilo. imf. imo. interpol. ioc. itu. laes. miga. nam. oas. oic. opanal. opcw. pca. un. unctad. unesco. unido. upu. wcl. who. wipo. wmo. wto
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