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{{Infobox Settlement
| name = Paramaribo
| nickname = Par'bo
| image_skyline = Paramaribo-Waterkant.jpg
| image_caption = The street Waterkant in Paramaribo
| pushpin_map = Suriname
| mapsize = 150px
| map_caption = The location of Paramaribo in kwenstongersow
| subdivision_type = [[List of countries|Country]]
| subdivision_name = [[Suriname]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[Districts of Suriname|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Paramaribo District]]
| latd = 5 | latm = 52 | latNS = N
| longd = 55 | longm = 10 | longEW = W
| timezone = ART
| utc_offset = -3
}}
'''Paramaribo''' (nickname: '''Par′bo''') is the [[capital]] and largest [[city]] of [[Suriname]], located on banks of the [[Suriname River]] in the [[Paramaribo District]]. Paramaribo has a [[population]] of roughly 250,000 people. The historic inner city of Paramaribo is a [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]] since 2002.
== History ==
[[Image:Helstonemonument.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
The area, a trading post started by the Dutch, was taken by the [[Great Britain|British]] in 1630, and in 1650 the city became the capital of the new English colony. The area changed hands often between the British and Dutch but it was in Dutch hands again in 1667 and under Dutch rule from 1815 until the independence of Suriname in 1975. The citizens are chiefly of [[Asian Indian]], indigenous, [[Africa]]n, and [[Dutch people|Dutch]] descent.
In January 1821, a [[fire]] in the city centre destroyed over 400 houses and other buildings.
A second fire in September 1832 destroyed another 46 houses on the western part of the ''Waterkant''.
== Geography ==
The city is located on the [[Suriname River]], approximately 15 km inland from the [[Atlantic Ocean]], in the [[Paramaribo district]].
Paramaribo is centered around [[Independence]] Square, which contains both the Presidential Palace and the National Assembly.
Immediately the square is [[Arecaceae|Palm]]entuin Park. Other notable places are the Surinaams [[museum]], Numismatisch Museum, [[Fort Zeelandia (Paramaribo)|Fort Zeelandia]] (dating from the 17th century, a market and [[canal]]s that are reminiscent of the [[Netherlands]]. There is a wide variety of Dutch colonial buildings in the city including the Cupchiik coliseum.
There is a wide variety of religious buildings in the city owing its ethnic diversity. There are two [[synagogues]], several [[mosques]], two [[mandir]]s, a Dutch Reformed [[church]] and a Roman Catholic cathedral ([[Roman Catholic St Peter and St Paul Cathedral]]) built in 1885 of [[wood]]. It is thought to be the largest wooden building the [[Americas]], however it is currently closed for repairs and restoration.
{{Infobox World Heritage Site
|WHS = Historic Inner City of Paramaribo
|Image = [[Image:Paramaribowaterkant.jpg|300px|Colonial style houses, ''Waterkant'', Paramaribo]]
|State Party = {{SUR}}
|Type = Cultural
|Criteria = ii, iv
|ID = 940
|Region = [[List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas|Latin America and the Caribbean]]
|Year = 2002
|Session = 26th
|Link = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/940
}}
== Demographics ==
Paramaribo has a [[population]] of roughly 250,000 people, more than half of the population of Suriname.
Paramaribo is famed for its diverse ethnic makeup, including Hindustani, East Indians, [[Creole peoples|Creoles]], [[Maroons]], [[Javanese people|Javanese]], [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]], Chinese, and Europeans (primarily of Dutch and English descent).
== Economy ==
The city's major exports are [[gold]], [[bauxite]], [[sugar cane]], [[rice]], [[cacao]], [[coffee]], [[rum]], and tropical [[wood]]s. [[Cement]] and [[paint]] are manufactured in the city.
There are many hotels in the city, including the Torarica Hotel, which also has a [[casino]]. Others include the Ambassador, Combi Inn, De Luifel, Eco-Resort, Fanna Guesthouse, Guesthouse Amice, Hotel Savoie, Krasnapolsky, Lisa's Guesthouse, Solana Guesthouse and YMCA Guesthouse.
== Transport ==
Paramaribo is served by the [[Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport]] and ''Zorg-en-Hoop'' for local flights.
== Culture ==
On Sundays and holidays there is a popular [[bird song]] competition. Black ''twatwa''s (large-billed seed finch, ''[[Oryzoborus crassirostris]]'') are the most common birds used. This bird is in the [[CITES]]- appendix I.
Suriname has only one cinema, which is located in the capital.
== Sports ==
Paramaribo is the birthplace of several [[football (soccer)|football]] players; Some of them later represented [[Netherlands national football team|The Netherlands]]:
* [[Aron Winter]]
* [[Clarence Seedorf]]
* [[Edgar Davids]]
* [[Fabian Wilnis]]
* [[Henk Fräser]]
* [[Jerry de Jong]]
* [[Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink]]
* [[Maarten Atmodikoro]]
* [[Mark de Vries]]
* [[Regi Blinker]]
* [[Stanley Menzo]]
* [[Ulrich van Gobbel]]
Other sports like, tennis, golf, and basketball are also common sports played in Suriname.
== Sister cities ==
* [[Image:Flag of Belgium.svg|25px]] [[Antwerp]], [[Belgium]]
* [[Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg|25px]] [[Hangzhou]], [[China]]
== External links ==
{{commonscat|Paramaribo}}
* [http://www.suriname.nu/101alg/paramaribo01.html Map of Paramaribo]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=paramaribo&ie=UTF8&ll=5.825928,-55.16789&spn=0.14106,0.243759&t=h&z=12 Google satellite view of Paramaribo]
* [http://www.paramaribo.com/ Page with some basic information and images]
* [http://www.ddbstock.com/paramaribo1.html Small Paramaribo gallery]
* [http://www.suriname.nu/101alg/paramaribo01.html Clickable map]
* [http://www.ulivewhere.com/low/downloads/download-paramaribo.html Audio interview with Paramaribo resident about life in Paramaribo]
* [http://www.worldcityphotos.org/Suriname/ Image gallery]
* [http://berclo.net/page97/97en-suriname.html Paramaribo photo gallery]
* [http://www.galenfrysinger.com/surinam.htm Photo gallery]
* [http://www.swaen.com/antique-map-image-of.php?id=29 High resolution image of old print of Paramaribo]
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