Top 10 Interesting Facts About Suriname
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1 Did you know that the majority population of suriname consists of indians thanks to large-scale immigration from asia to south america in the 19th century inter-religious marriages between the various ethnic groups has also resulted in the country having a significant population of mixed ethnic descent.
2 Suriname is the smallest country in south america with an area of only 163 821 square kilometers and a population of only 0.6 million individuals.
3 Besides guyana suriname is the only country in south america where people drive on the left side of the road interesting.
4 Suriname has the highest rate of forest cover in the world with 90.2 percent of the land being dedicated to the rainforest the country is covered in rainforests filled with beautiful plants and interesting animals in order to protect and conserve the environment the surinamese people avoid cutting down their trees and also hold events to replant and take care of the rainforest.
5 In 1999 daisy boutus former president of suriname was convicted by a dutch court for cocaine trafficking and sentenced to 11 years in prison since then he has avoided visiting countries that have extradition treaties with the netherlands however again in 2019 boutus was convicted by a surinamese court of executing 15 political opponents in 1982 he was again sentenced to 20 years in prison.
6 Suranama also has one of the largest protected areas of rainforest in the world the central suriname nature reserve it is also a unesco world heritage site the rainforest covers the southern four-fifths of the country.
7 You will be surprised to know that only one percent of the entire area of the country is arable or cultivable and out of this one percent less than a half is actually used in cultivation now that is one drawback of having such large areas of protected land.
8 Another surprising fact about the country is that despite having 0.6 million people there is just one cinema in the entire country the tbl cinema is the only cinema in suranama which is located in the capital city paramaripo.
9 Suranama is a land of many festivals the great ethnic diversity of suriname contributes to its rich culture which includes numerous celebrations and festivals all year round the surinamese celebrate holi christmas javanese arrival day indian arrival day day of the maroons diwali eid all for good friday and many more secular and religious festivals and ceremonies.
10 suranama is a symbol of religious tolerance it is one of the world's very few locations where a jewish synagogue is located next to a mosque the country is also home to worship places of other religions like hindu temples and christian churches all religious groups in the country coexist peacefully and religious tolerance is one thing among others that suranama teaches the world that was all about suriname.
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