But better days for Suriname will come. Suriname has a lot of potention and in the future, Suriname will use it's capacities. The Suriname Provinces Most of the people in Suriname live in the capital Paramaribo. The north side of the country is the part with the best infrastructure. All the cities are located in the north of the country.
Some little settlements are in the other parts of the country.
When Suriname just was discovered and owned by the Dutch, the country was much smaller. The other part was owned by the Portuguese and would belong to Brazil, but the Portuguese gave the ground north of the 'Guyana mountains' away to the Guyana countries. That's why Guyana, the former English Guyana, Suriname, the former Dutch Guyana, and French Guyana are the size they are nowadays. Wanica Lelydorp 3. Commewijne Tamanredjo 4.