page_title: Outline of Suriname
section_title: General reference
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of Suriname / General reference
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Suriname:
  Suriname – sovereign state on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America, and the smallest country on that continent. It was long inhabited by indigenous tribal peoples with diverse cultures, before being explored and contested by European powers from the 16th century, and eventually coming under Dutch rule in the late 17th century. In 1954, the country became one of the constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. On 25 November 1975, the country of Suriname left the Kingdom of the Netherlands to become an independent state, while maintaining close economic, diplomatic, and cultural ties to its former colonizer. Suriname is the only sovereign nation outside Europe where Dutch is spoken by a majority of the population.
context_section_description: Pronunciation: /ˈsjʊərɪnæm/, US also /-nɑːm/; [syːriˈnaːmə];  Surinamese pronunciation: /sraˈnãŋ/; Portuguese pronunciation: [suɾiˈnɐmi]
  Common English country name:  Suriname
  Official English country name:  The Republic of Suriname
  Common endonym(s):  
  Official endonym(s):  
  Adjectival(s): Surinamese
  Demonym(s): Surinamese
  Etymology: From "Surinen", an indigenous people who inhabited the area at the time of European contact.
  ISO country codes:  SR, SUR, 740
  ISO region codes:  See ISO 3166-2:SR
  Internet country code top-level domain:  .sr
caption: An enlargeable basic map of Suriname
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