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Suriname is a small nation on the north-eastern coast of South America, bordered by Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, French Guiana to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the north. It is the smallest sovereign state in South America by area, yet what it lacks in size it more than compensates for in natural grandeur - approximately 93 percent of the country's territory is covered by pristine tropical rainforest, one of the highest proportions of forest cover of any nation on earth. The interior is a vast, largely roadless wilderness of ancient Guiana Shield highlands, granite inselbergs rising from the jungle canopy, and river systems of extraordinary clarity that drain southward through ecosystems of staggering biodiversity towards the Amazon basin.
Suriname is also one of the most ethnically diverse nations in the world, its population a remarkable mosaic of Hindustani, Creole, Javanese, Maroon, Amerindian, Chinese, and European communities whose presence reflects the layered history of Dutch colonial rule, the transatlantic slave trade, and the indentured labour systems that followed abolition. Paramaribo, the capital, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, its historic inner city a unique architectural ensemble of Dutch colonial wooden buildings set alongside Hindu temples, mosques, synagogues, and Catholic churches in a concentration of religious and cultural diversity found almost nowhere else on earth. Explore related settings through our UNESCO Sites, Cities and Places of Worship collections.
The rainforests of Suriname's interior are among the most intact and biodiverse in the Amazon-Guiana region, sheltering jaguars, giant otters, tapirs, giant anteaters, harpy eagles, and hundreds of species of reptiles, amphibians, and freshwater fish across an ecosystem that has remained largely undisturbed by human activity. The Central Suriname Nature Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site covering over 1.6 million hectares of pristine tropical forest, protects one of the largest undisturbed tracts of Amazonian rainforest remaining on earth and represents a conservation achievement of global significance. Browse related feeds under Nature, Wildlife and Remote Locations on EarthLive.TV.
Surinamese cuisine, culture, and daily life reflect the extraordinary ethnic mix of its population in ways that make the country one of the most fascinating social experiments in the Americas - a place where Javanese satay, Hindustani roti, Maroon cassava bread, and Dutch stroopwafels coexist on the same table as naturally as the communities that brought them. The country's rivers offer access to remote Maroon and Amerindian villages where traditions stretching back centuries continue to thrive in the forest interior, providing a cultural depth that complements the extraordinary natural environment surrounding them.
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Suriname is a small nation on the north-eastern coast of South America, bordered by Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, French Guiana to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the north. It is the smallest sovereign state in South America by area, yet what it lacks in size it more than compensates for in natural grandeur - approximately 93 percent of the country's territory is covered by pristine tropical rainforest, one of the highest proportions of forest cover of any nation on earth. The interior is a vast, largely roadless wilderness of ancient Guiana Shield highlands, granite inselbergs rising from the jungle canopy, and river systems of extraordinary clarity that drain southward through ecosystems of staggering biodiversity towards the Amazon basin.
Suriname is also one of the most ethnically diverse nations in the world, its population a remarkable mosaic of Hindustani, Creole, Javanese, Maroon, Amerindian, Chinese, and European communities whose presence reflects the layered history of Dutch colonial rule, the transatlantic slave trade, and the indentured labour systems that followed abolition. Paramaribo, the capital, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, its historic inner city a unique architectural ensemble of Dutch colonial wooden buildings set alongside Hindu temples, mosques, synagogues, and Catholic churches in a concentration of religious and cultural diversity found almost nowhere else on earth. Explore related settings through our UNESCO Sites, Cities and Places of Worship collections.
The rainforests of Suriname's interior are among the most intact and biodiverse in the Amazon-Guiana region, sheltering jaguars, giant otters, tapirs, giant anteaters, harpy eagles, and hundreds of species of reptiles, amphibians, and freshwater fish across an ecosystem that has remained largely undisturbed by human activity. The Central Suriname Nature Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site covering over 1.6 million hectares of pristine tropical forest, protects one of the largest undisturbed tracts of Amazonian rainforest remaining on earth and represents a conservation achievement of global significance. Browse related feeds under Nature, Wildlife and Remote Locations on EarthLive.TV.
Surinamese cuisine, culture, and daily life reflect the extraordinary ethnic mix of its population in ways that make the country one of the most fascinating social experiments in the Americas - a place where Javanese satay, Hindustani roti, Maroon cassava bread, and Dutch stroopwafels coexist on the same table as naturally as the communities that brought them. The country's rivers offer access to remote Maroon and Amerindian villages where traditions stretching back centuries continue to thrive in the forest interior, providing a cultural depth that complements the extraordinary natural environment surrounding them.
Prefer exploring visually? Check our live webcam map or browse cameras in Guyana, Brazil and Trinidad and Tobago.