Zuid, Suriname Explained

Official Name:Zuid, Suriname
Settlement Type:Resort
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Suriname
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Para District
Area Total Km2:909
Population As Of:2012
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:6,113
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-3

Zuid (English: South) is a resort in Suriname, located in the Para District. Its population at the 2012 census was 6,113. The main ethnic groups are indigenous, Creoles, and mixed race.[1]

Villages which are located in Zuid are Berlijn, Cabendadorp, Hollandse Kamp, Matta, Onverdacht, Pikin Saron, Sabakoe, Witsanti and Zanderij which is near the Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport, the main airport of Suriname.[2]

Republiek

Republiek is a village, and a holiday resort in Zuid. Republiek consists of the two wood plantation Mijnhoop and Valkenburg which were merged in 1884 into Republiek.[3] The name is based on Post Republiek, a military outpost which already existed in 1793. The military outpost was manned by 24 freed slaves at the time.[4] In 1905, the first part of the Lawa Railway between Paramaribo and Republiek opened.[5] The railway station turned Republiek in a holiday resort.[6] In 1987, the train station closed, but Republiek remained a holiday resort.[7] The village is home to about 50 people.[3] Since 1933, Republiek provides the drinking water for Paramaribo and Wanica.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Resorts in Suriname Census 2012. 18 May 2020.
  2. Web site: Samenvattingen. Suriname.nu. 18 May 2020. nl.
  3. Web site: Plantage Republiek. 28 May 2020. nl. Republiek.sr.
  4. Web site: Surinaamsche Staatkundige Almanach voor den Jaare 1793. Digital Library for Dutch Literature. 28 May 2020. nl.
  5. Web site: Begin- en eindstation Onverwacht. 28 May 2020. nl. Groen Rood Wit.
  6. Web site: Sirito. 50 Surinaamse vertellingen. Digital Library for Dutch Literature. 28 May 2020. nl.
  7. Armand Snijders: De flop van Lely. Parbode, Surinames Magazine, 1 April 2008.
  8. Web site: Meer over geschiedenis. Surinaamsche Waterleiding Maatschappij. 28 May 2020. nl.