Editing Paramaribo

{{short description|Capital and largest city of Suriname}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Paramaribo
| nickname           = Par'bo<br>''{{native name|nl|Parijs van Suriname}}''<br/> {{small|(Paris of Suriname)}}
| settlement_type    = [[Capital city]]
| image_skyline      = Paramaribo city collage.png
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| image_caption      = Clockwise from left: [[Fort Zeelandia (Paramaribo)|Fort Zeelandia]], [[Garden of Palms]], [[Arya Diwaker]], [[Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral, Paramaribo|Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral]] and its surroundings, and [[Mosque Keizerstraat]] adjacent to the [[Neveh Shalom Synagogue]]
| area_total_km2     = 182
| population_as_of   = 2012 census
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| subdivision_name1  = [[Paramaribo District]]
| established_title  = Founded
| established_date   = 1613
| elevation_m        = 3
| coordinates        = {{coord|05|51|08|N|55|12|14|W|region:SR|display=inline,title}}
| timezone           = [[Suriname Time|SRT]]
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| blank_name        = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2022)
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'''Paramaribo''' ({{IPAc-en|UK|ˌ|p|ær|ə|ˈ|m|ær|ɪ|b|oʊ}} {{respell|PARR|ə|MARR|ib|oh}}, {{IPAc-en|US|ˌ|p|ɑːr|ə|ˈ|m|ɑːr|ɪ|b|oʊ}} {{respell|PAR|ə|MAR|ib|oh}}, {{IPA|nl|ˌpaːraːˈmaːriboː|lang|Nl-Paramaribo.ogg}}) is the [[capital city|capital]] and largest city of [[Suriname]], located on the banks of the [[Suriname River]] in the [[Paramaribo District]]. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 241,000 people (2012 census), almost half of Suriname's population.<ref name="census"/> The historic inner city of Paramaribo has been a [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]] since 2002.<ref name="unesco">{{cite web|url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/940|title=Historic Inner City Paramaribo|website=Unesco.org|access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref>

== Name ==
The city is named for the Paramaribo tribe living at the mouth of the [[Suriname River]]; the name is from [[Tupi–Guarani languages|Tupi–Guarani]] ''para'' "large river" + ''maribo'' "inhabitants".<ref>E. M. Pospelov, ''Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira'' (Moscow: Russkie slovari, 1998), p. 322.</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Tropenmuseum Royal Tropical Institute Objectnumber 3728-375 Litho voorstellende een marktgezicht.jpg|thumb|left|1830s [[lithograph]] of the market]]

The name Paramaribo is probably a corruption of the name of a native village, spelled Parmurbo in the earliest Dutch sources.<ref name="settlement">{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_bij005191401_01/_bij005191401_01_0007.php|title=Bijdragen en Mededeelingen van het Historisch Genootschap. Deel 35|date=1914|access-date=29 May 2020|website=Digital Library for Dutch Literature|language=nl}}</ref> This was the location of the first Dutch settlement, a trading post established by Nicolaes Baliestel and Dirck Claeszoon van Sanen in 1613.<ref name="settlement"/> English and French traders also tried to establish settlements in Suriname, including a French post established in 1644 near present-day Paramaribo.

All earlier settlements were abandoned some time before the arrival of English settlers in 1650 to found [[Surinam (English colony)|Surinam]]. They were sent by the English governor of Barbados, Lord [[Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham]], and established a town on the site of Paramaribo (though probably south of the current town center). The town was protected by a fort, called [[Fort Zeelandia (Paramaribo)|Fort Willoughby]]. In 1662, Governor Willoughby was granted the settlement and surrounding lands (extending into Suriname's interior) by King Charles II. Around 1665 the village of Paramaribo was expanded and quickly outranked the earlier settlement of [[Torarica]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.suriname.nu/301ges/aparbo02.html|title=Paramaribo Suriname 2|access-date=29 May 2020|language=nl|website=Suriname.nu}}</ref>

In 1667, during the [[Second Anglo-Dutch War]], Paramaribo was conquered by a squadron of ships under [[Abraham Crijnssen]]. The [[Treaty of Breda (1667)|Treaty of Breda]] in 1667 confirmed Paramaribo as the leading town of the now Dutch colony of Suriname. The fort protecting Paramaribo was renamed Fort Zeelandia in honor of the Dutch province that had financed Crijnssen's fleet. (The town was also renamed New Middelburg but the name did not catch on with the inhabitants).

[[File:Vente d'esclaves au Suriname en 1831.jpg|thumb|[[Slavery in Suriname|Slave]] auction in Paramaribo, in 1831]]

The population of Paramaribo has always been very diverse. Among the first British settlers were many [[Jews]]<ref name="WDL">{{cite web |url = http://www.wdl.org/en/item/524/ |title = Extract of the Dutch Map Representing the Colony of Surinam |website = [[World Digital Library]] |date = 1777 |access-date = 2013-07-13 }}</ref> and one of the oldest [[synagogue]]s in the [[Americas]], the [[Neveh Shalom Synagogue]], is found in Paramaribo.<ref name=TFox>{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Tamar|title=Discovering Suriname's Jewish past - and present|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/18/AR2011021804253.html|department=Travel|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=13 July 2013|date=18 February 2011}}</ref> The population of the town was greatly increased after 1873, when former enslaved people (who had been freed in 1863) were allowed to stop working for their former masters and leave the sugar plantations.

Paramaribo has remained the capital of Suriname, from its colonial days through the independence of Suriname in 1975 to the present day. The old town has suffered many devastating fires over the years, notably in January 1821 (which destroyed over 400 buildings) and September 1832 (which destroyed nearly 50 buildings).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.suriname.nu/301ges/aparbo05.html|title=Paramaribo Suriname|access-date=29 May 2020|language=nl|website=Suriname.nu}}</ref> The slaves [[Kodjo (slave)|Kodjo]], Mentor, and Present were found guilty of [[arson]], and burnt alive.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deleesclubvanalles.nl/boek/oog-in-oog-met-paramaribo/ |title=Oog in oog met Paramaribo|website=De Lees Club van Alles|access-date=10 March 2021|language=nl}}</ref>

In May 1972, the [[Paramaribo Zoo]] opened.<ref name="dagblad">{{cite news|url=https://www.dbsuriname.com/2020/04/22/dieren-in-dierentuinen-dieren-worden-niet-meer-gehouden-voor-slechts-het-plezier-van-de-mens/ |title=Dieren in dierentuinen "Dieren worden niet meer gehouden voor slechts het plezier van de mens" |website=Dagblad Suriname|access-date=16 March 2021|language=nl}}</ref> In 1987, an administrative reorganization took place in Suriname and the city was divided into 12 administrative [[Resorts of Suriname|resorts]] (jurisdictions).

== Geography ==
[[File:Paramaribo, Suriname.JPG|thumb|View of Paramaribo from space]]
The city is located on the [[Suriname River]], approximately {{convert|15|km|mi}} inland from the Atlantic Ocean, in the [[Paramaribo district]].

<gallery caption="Evolution of Paramaribo">
File:Kaart van Paramaribo.png|Paramaribo around 1737.
File:Platte grond van de stad Paramaribo (1821).jpg|Paramaribo in 1821. Indicated in brown is the area devastated by the city fire of that year.
File:Plan von Paramaribo.jpg|Paramaribo around 1876.
File:Map of Paramaribo (1920).jpg|Paramaribo around 1916–1917
</gallery>

=== Climate ===
Paramaribo features a [[tropical rainforest climate]] (''Af''), under the [[Köppen climate classification]]. Because Paramaribo is more subject to the [[Intertropical Convergence Zone]] than the [[trade wind]]s and sees no [[tropical cyclone]]s, its climate is classified as equatorial. The city has no true [[dry season]]; all 12 months of the year average more than {{convert|60|mm|inch|1|disp=or}} of rainfall, but the city does experience noticeably wetter and drier periods during the year. The [[northern hemisphere]] "[[autumn]]" (September through November) is the driest period of the year in Paramaribo, and the heaviest rainfall occurs from April to July. Common to many cities with this climate, temperatures are relatively consistent throughout the course of the year, with average high temperatures of 30 degrees Celsius and average low temperatures of 24 degrees Celsius. Paramaribo on average receives roughly {{convert|2135|mm|in|0|disp=or}} of rainfall each year.

{{Weather box
 | width       = auto
 | collapsed   = yes
 | metric first = yes
 | single line = yes
 | location    = Paramaribo ([[Zorg en Hoop Airport]]) (1991–2020)
 | Jan high C = 29.2
 | Feb high C = 29.4
 | Mar high C = 28.7
 | Apr high C = 29.9
 | May high C = 30.0
 | Jun high C = 30.2
 | Jul high C = 30.7
 | Aug high C = 31.5
 | Sep high C = 32.0
 | Oct high C = 32.1
 | Nov high C = 31.2
 | Dec high C = 30.0
 | year high C = 30.4
 | Jan mean C = 27.1
 | Feb mean C = 27.3
 | Mar mean C = 27.7
 | Apr mean C = 27.9
 | May mean C = 27.6
 | Jun mean C = 27.4
 | Jul mean C = 27.8
 | Aug mean C = 28.7
 | Sep mean C = 29.3
 | Oct mean C = 29.3
 | Nov mean C = 28.5
 | Dec mean C = 27.5
 | year mean C = 28.0
 | Jan low C = 24.1
 | Feb low C = 23.2
 | Mar low C = 23.5
 | Apr low C = 24.5
 | May low C = 23.7
 | Jun low C = 24.4
 | Jul low C = 24.4
 | Aug low C = 24.6
 | Sep low C = 25.1
 | Oct low C = 25.1
 | Nov low C = 24.8
 | Dec low C = 24.2
 | year low C = 24.3
 | precipitation colour = green
 | Jan precipitation mm = 172.7
 | Feb precipitation mm = 146.2
 | Mar precipitation mm = 130.5
 | Apr precipitation mm = 215.8
 | May precipitation mm = 306.6
 | Jun precipitation mm = 295.6
 | Jul precipitation mm = 234.3
 | Aug precipitation mm = 147.7
 | Sep precipitation mm = 90.3
 | Oct precipitation mm = 86.5
 | Nov precipitation mm = 125.7
 | Dec precipitation mm = 183.7
 | year precipitation mm = 2135.5
 | unit precipitation days = 3.0 mm
 | Jan precipitation days = 15
 | Feb precipitation days = 12
 | Mar precipitation days = 14
 | Apr precipitation days = 16
 | May precipitation days = 22
 | Jun precipitation days = 22
 | Jul precipitation days = 20
 | Aug precipitation days = 15
 | Sep precipitation days = 11
 | Oct precipitation days = 12
 | Nov precipitation days = 13
 | Dec precipitation days = 18
 | year precipitation days = 190
| Jan humidity = 76.1
| Feb humidity = 74.4
| Mar humidity = 73.2
| Apr humidity = 76.2
| May humidity = 79.4
| Jun humidity = 80.2
| Jul humidity = 77.4
| Aug humidity = 74.0
| Sep humidity = 70.9
| Oct humidity = 71.0
| Nov humidity = 75.6
| Dec humidity = 78.3
| year humidity = 75.6
 | source 1 = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]<ref name="WMONormals">{{cite web
|url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-3-WMO-Normals-9120/Suriname/CSV/ZorgEnHoop_81200.csv
|title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Zorg en Hoop
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = March 30, 2024}}</ref>
 | source 2 = World Meteorological Organization<ref name="WMO">{{cite web
|url=https://worldweather.wmo.int/en/city.html?cityId=1048
|title=World Weather Information Service:Paramaribo |access-date = 29 December 2023}}</ref> (Average precipitation days)
}}

== Demographics ==
{{Historical populations
|percentages = pagr
|1790|18000
|1831|15265
|1853|16031
|1980|167798
|1995|228551
|2004|242946
|2012|240924
}}

Paramaribo has a population of 240,924 people (2012 census). While the population number is stagnating in recent years, many towns in the surrounding [[Wanica District]] are increasing in population.<ref name="census"/>

The city is famed for its diverse ethnic makeup with 27% identifying as [[Creole peoples|Creoles]] (African or mixed African-European descent), 23% as [[Indo-Surinamese|East Indian]], 18% as [[Multiracial people|Multiracial]], 16% as [[Maroons]] (descendants of escaped enslaved Africans), 10% as [[Javanese Surinamese|Javanese]], 2% as [[Indigenous peoples in Suriname|Indigenous]], 1.5% as [[Chinese Surinamese|Chinese]], and smaller numbers of [[White Surinamese|Europeans]] (primarily of Dutch and Portuguese descent), Lebanese and Jews. In the past decades a significant number of Brazilians, Guyanese and new Chinese immigrants have settled in Paramaribo.

== Economy ==
[[File:DSC 2783 De Surinaamsche Bank Henck Arronstraat Paramaribo.jpg|thumb|[[De Surinaamsche Bank]] building in Paramaribo]]
[[File:Paramaribo market (33557504165).jpg|thumb|Central market in Paramaribo]]
{{more|Economy of Suriname}}
Paramaribo is the business and financial centre of Suriname. Even though the capital city does not produce significant goods itself, almost all revenues from the country's main export products [[gold]], oil, [[bauxite]], [[rice]], and tropical [[wood]] are channeled through its institutions. All banks, insurance corporations and other financial and commercial companies are headquartered in Paramaribo. Around 75 percent of Suriname's GDP is consumed in Paramaribo.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

Tourism is an increasingly important sector, with most visitors coming from the Netherlands.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.statistics-suriname.org/images/pdf/verkeers_vervoer_publicatie2011.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105912/http://www.statistics-suriname.org/images/pdf/verkeers_vervoer_publicatie2011.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Government ==
[[File:Resorts_in_Paramaribo,_Suriname_-_20061227.png|thumb|Ressorten of the Paramaribo district.]]
Administratively, Paramaribo forms [[Paramaribo District|its own district]] in Suriname. The resorts of Paramaribo district therefore correspond to boroughs of the city. There are twelve resorts in the Paramaribo district:<ref name="census">{{cite web |title=2012 Census Ressorts Suriname |url=https://spangstaging.com/2019/abs/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/census8etn.pdf |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504130735/https://spangstaging.com/2019/abs/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/census8etn.pdf |archive-date=4 May 2019 |access-date=28 May 2020 |website=Spang Staging}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"
|-
!Ressort/jurisdiction
!Area in square km
!Population density
!Population (2012)<ref name="census"/>
|-
|align="left"| [[Blauwgrond]]||43||661.3||31,483
|-
|align="left"| [[Rainville, Suriname|Rainville]]||31||930.7||22,747
|-
|align="left"| [[Munder, Suriname|Munder]]||14||1146.4||17,234
|-
|align="left"| [[Centrum, Paramaribo|Centrum]]||9||3252.7||20,631
|-
|align="left"| [[Beekhuizen]]||6||3297.2||17,185
|-
|align="left"| [[Weg naar Zee]]||41||321.3||16,037
|-
|align="left"| [[Welgelegen, Paramaribo District|Welgelegen]]||7||3387.0||19,304
|-
|align="left"| [[Tammenga]]||6||2385.5||15,819
|-
|align="left"| [[Flora, Suriname|Flora]]||4||3836.5||19,538
|-
|align="left"| [[Latour, Suriname|Latour]]||6||4358.0||29,526
|-
|align="left"| [[Pontbuiten]]||6||3246.2||23,211
|-
|align="left"| [[Livorno, Suriname|Livorno]]||9||931.8||8,209
|}

== Transport ==
[[File:JAP Airport, 2022 - 1.jpg|thumb|[[Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport]]]]
[[File:Small Ferry (14126214570).jpg|thumb|Small ferries take passengers across the [[Suriname River]] from Paramaribo to the [[Commewijne District]]]]
[[File:Zorg En Hoop Airport.jpg|thumb|[[Zorg en Hoop Airport]] is one of Suriname's two international airports]]
Paramaribo is served by the [[Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport]] and [[Zorg en Hoop Airport]] for local flights. The [[Jules Wijdenbosch Bridge]], which is part of the [[East-West Link (Suriname)|East-West Link]], connects Paramaribo with [[Meerzorg]] on the other side of the Suriname River.

The [[Jules Sedney Harbour]] is the main harbour for cargo.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://havenbeheer.com/faciliteiten/dr-jules-sedney-terminal/ |title=Dr. Jules Sedney Terminal|website=Havenbeheer|access-date=12 May 2021|language=nl}}</ref> The former harbour of [[Waterkant]] is used by ferries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://plantagejagtlust.nl/?p=49 |title=DE GESCHIEDENIS VAN MEERZORG, ZOALS BESCHREVEN IN OUDE KRANTENBERICHTEN, DEEL 1 (1915-1940).|website=Plantage Justlust|access-date=12 May 2021|language=nl}}</ref>

Most airlines like [[Gum Air]] and [[Blue Wing Airlines]] have their head offices on the grounds of [[Zorg en Hoop Airport]] in Paramaribo.

== Education ==
Paramaribo's institution of higher learning is [[Anton de Kom University of Suriname]], the country's only university.

== Healthcare ==
[[File:Vincentius Zkh.jpg|thumb|[[Sint Vincentius Hospital]] in Paramaribo]]
Paramaribo is home to four hospitals, the [[Academic Hospital Paramaribo]], [['s Lands Hospitaal]], [[Sint Vincentius Hospital]] and [[Diakonessenhuis (Paramaribo)|Diakonessenhuis]]. 

== Historic inner city of Paramaribo ==
{{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site
|WHS = Historic Inner City of Paramaribo
|Image = Waterkrant (14305655585).jpg
|Caption = Colonial style houses, [[Waterkant]], Paramaribo
|Criteria = Cultural: ii, iv
|ID = 940
|Year = 2002
|Area = 30 ha
|Buffer_zone = 60 ha 
}}

{{main|Centrum, Paramaribo}}
The Dutch colonial town established in 17th and 18th centuries was declared a [[List of World Heritage Sites in South America|UNESCO World Heritage Site]] in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/940/|title=UNESCO Listing of Paramaribo Inner City|access-date=31 Dec 2017}}</ref> The historic inner city is located along the left bank of the Suriname River. The original architecture of buildings and street plan has largely remained intact and preserved.

== Notable landmarks ==
[[File:Wiki Loves Monuments 2022 Presidentieel Paleis in Suriname (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Presidential Palace of Suriname]]]]
[[File:Pumpkin (17544887994).jpg|thumb|[[Arya Diwaker]] temple]]
[[File:Neve Shalom.jpg|thumb|Paramaribo's Neveh Shalom Synagogue]]
[[File:Paramaribo, Helstone Monument.JPG|thumb|[[Helstone Monument]]]]
[[File:AssembleeSurinaam.jpg|thumb|right|The [[National Assembly of Suriname]]]]
*[[Fort Zeelandia (Paramaribo)|Fort Zeelandia]]
*[[Presidential Palace of Suriname]]
*[[Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral, Paramaribo|Roman Catholic St Peter and St Paul Cathedral]]
*[[Mosque Keizerstraat|Suriname Mosque]]
*[[National Assembly of Suriname]]
*[[Neveh Shalom Synagogue]]
*The [[Arya Diwaker]] Hindu Temple
*[[Garden of Palms]], a landscape garden of [[royal palm]]s behind the presidential palace
*[[Centrumkerk]]
*[[Kwakoe (statue)|Kwakoe, abolition of slavery memorial]]

== Notable people ==
* [[Ashwin Adhin]] (1980), Vice President (2015–2020), politician<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.srherald.com/suriname/2015/08/13/adhin-jongste-vicepresident-suriname/|title=Adhin jongste vicepresident Suriname|website=Suriname Herald|access-date=13 July 2020|language=nl}}</ref>
* [[Ronny Aloema]], football player
* [[Henck Arron]], politician
* [[Maarten Atmodikoro]], football player
* [[Regi Blinker]], football player
* [[Remy Bonjasky]], kickboxer
* [[Edson Braafheid]], football player
* [[Stanley Brouwn]], artist
* [[Romeo Castelen]], football player
*[[Audrey Christiaan]], activist
* [[Augusta Curiel]], photographer<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/Curiel|title=Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland|last=djr|date=2016-10-11|website=resources.huygens.knaw.nl|language=nl|access-date=2016-12-18}}</ref> 
* [[Edgar Davids]], football player
* [[Johan Ferrier]], politician
* [[Stanley Franker]], tennis player
* [[Henk Fraser]], football player
* [[Jennifer Geerlings-Simons]], politician
* [[Ulrich van Gobbel]], football player
* [[Majoie Hajary]], composer, pianist
* [[Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink]], football player
* [[Ruth Jacott]], singer, Dutch representative in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1993]]
* [[Jerry de Jong]], football player
* [[Rajendre Khargi]], journalist and ambassador to the Netherlands<ref>{{cite news|url=https://werkgroepcaraibischeletteren.nl/rajendre-khargi-nieuwe-surinaamse-ambassadeur-in-nederland/ |title=Rajendre Khargi nieuwe Surinaamse ambassadeur in Nederland|website=Werkgroep Caraibische Letteren|access-date=25 December 2021|language=nl}}</ref>
* [[Anton de Kom]], resistance fighter and author
* [[Kelvin Leerdam]], football player
* [[Coenraad van Lier]], physician, politician<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:010647251:mpeg21:p009 |title=Dr. Coenraad van Lier|website=Algemeen Handelsblad via Delpher.nl|date=22 January 1903|access-date=24 December 2021|language=nl}}</ref>
* [[Jeangu Macrooy]], singer, Dutch representative in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2020]] and the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2021]]
* [[Stanley Menzo]], football player
* [[Felipe Enrique Neri, Baron de Bastrop]] (1729–1827), businessman and landowner known for his money in the Anglo-American settlement of Texas.
* [[Pim de la Parra]], director
* [[Johan Adolf Pengel]], politician
* [[Fred Ramdat Misier]], politician
* [[Herman Rijkaard]], football player
* [[Andy Ristie]], kickboxer
* [[Jairzinho Rozenstruik]], mixed martial artist and kickboxer
* [[Grace Schneiders-Howard]], civil service worker/politician<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hoefte|first1=Rosemarijn|title=Howard, Grace Ruth (1869-1968|url=http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/Howard|website=Huygens ING|publisher=Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland|access-date=28 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028164159/http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/Howard|archive-date=28 October 2017|location=[[University of Groningen]], Groningen, The Netherlands|language=nl|date=6 March 2017}}</ref>
* [[Clarence Seedorf]], football player
* [[Andwélé Slory]], football player
* [[Tyrone Spong]], kickboxer and boxer
* [[Regilio Tuur]], boxer
* [[Ronald Venetiaan]], politician
* [[Mark de Vries]], football player
* [[Jules Wijdenbosch]], politician
* [[Fabian Wilnis]], football player
* [[Aron Winter]], football player

==Twin towns – sister cities==
Paramaribo is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
* {{flagdeco|BEL}} [[Antwerp]], [[Antwerp Province]], Belgium
* {{flagdeco|PRC}} [[Hangzhou]], [[Zhejiang]], China
* {{flagdeco|CUW}} [[Willemstad]], Curaçao, Netherlands<ref>[http://www.curacaomonuments.org/willemstad-world-heritage-city.shtml Willemstad World Heritage City] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209050308/http://www.curacaomonuments.org/willemstad-world-heritage-city.shtml |date=2010-02-09 }}. Curacaomonuments.org. Retrieved on 2012-05-19.</ref>
* {{flagdeco|IDN}} [[Yogyakarta]], [[Special Region of Yogyakarta]], Indonesia
* {{flagdeco|USA}} [[Miami Dade County, Florida|Miami-Dade County]], [[Florida]], United States<ref>{{cite web |title=Miami-Dade County Sister Cities Program|url=https://www.miamidade.gov/business/international-sister-cities.asp|website=miamidade.gov|publisher=Miami-Dade County|access-date=2021-01-20}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Suriname}}
* [[Paramaribo District]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category|Paramaribo}}
*{{wikivoyage-inline|Paramaribo}}

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