Official Name: | Livorno, Suriname |
Settlement Type: | Resort |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Suriname |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Paramaribo District |
Area Total Km2: | 9 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 8,209 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | AST |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Livorno is a resort in Suriname, located in the Paramaribo District. Its population at the 2012 census was 8,209.[1]
The resort consists of the neighbourhoods Livorno and Bethesda.[2] Livorno is a former sugar plantation founded in 1819 by F. Cassali from Livorno, Italy.[3] Bethesda was the location of a leper colony which had been at that location between 1933,[4] and 1962.[5] Livorno is close to the harbour, and home to small industry.[2]