Overview

	District	Capital	Area (km²)	Area (%)	Population (2004)	Population (%)	Pop. dens. (inh/km²)	Map
1	Brokopondo Brokopondo District Brokopondo is a district of Suriname. Its capital city is Brokopondo; other towns include Brownsweg and Kwakoegron.The district has a population of 8,340, and an area of 7,364 square kilometres....	Brokopondo Brokopondo Brokopondo is a capital town of the Brokopondo District, Suriname. It is located on the west shore of the Suriname river, just north of the Afobaka dam. Brokopondo can be reached via the road from Paranam to Afobaka. There's a granite monument made by sculptor Jo Rens, displaying two men: one...	7364	4.5	13,299	2.7	1.8
2	Commewijne Commewijne District Commewijne is a district of Suriname, located on the right bank of the Suriname River. Commewijne's capital city is Nieuw Amsterdam. Alliance is another major town.The district has a population of 25,200 and an area of 2,353 km²....	Nieuw-Amsterdam Nieuw Amsterdam, Suriname Nieuw Amsterdam is the capital of the Commewijne District in Suriname. It is a small coastal town situated at the confluence of the Suriname River and Commewijne River, just across from Paramaribo, the country's capital. Its population at the 2004 census was 5,489, with around 1,200 people living...	2353	1.4	24,657	5.1	10.5
3	Coronie Coronie District Coronie is a district of Suriname, situated on the coast. Coronie's capital city is Totness, with other towns including Corneliskondre, Friendship, Jenny...	Totness	3902	2.4	2,809	0.6	0.7
4	Marowijne Marowijne District Marowijne is a district of Suriname, located on the north-east coast. Marowijne's capital city is Albina, with other towns including Moengo and Wanhatti...	Albina Albina, Suriname Albina is a town in eastern Suriname, and is capital of the Marowijne District. The town lies on the west bank of the Marowijne river , which forms the border with French Guiana, directly opposite the French Guianan town of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, to which it is connected by a frequent ferry...	4627	2.8	16,641	3.4	3.6
5	Nickerie Nickerie District Nickerie is a district of Suriname, on the north-west coast. Nickerie's capital city is Nieuw-Nickerie, the second largest city in the country. Other towns include Washoda and Wageningen...	Nieuw-Nickerie Nieuw-Nickerie Nieuw Nickerie is the third largest city in Suriname with a population estimated at . It is the capital city of the Nickerie district, and the terminus of the East-West Link....	5353	3.3	36,611	7.5	6.8
6	Para Para District Para is a district of Suriname, in the north. Para's capital city is Onverwacht, with other towns including Paranam, Sabana and Zanderij.Para has a population of 15,120 and an area of 5,393 km²....	Onverwacht Onverwacht Onverwacht is a capital town of Para District, Suriname. It is located at around . The locality is notable for finding of some of the earliest known evidence of bacteria is in Onverwacht shales, dating to several billion years before present.-References:* C.Michael Hogan. 2010. . eds. E.Monosson...	5393	3.3	18,958	3.9	3.5
7	Paramaribo Paramaribo District Paramaribo is a district of Suriname, encompassing the city of Paramaribo and the surrounding area.Paramaribo district has a population of 213,840 and an area 183 km²....	Paramaribo Paramaribo Paramaribo is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 250,000 people, more than half of Suriname's population...	183	0.1	243,640	50.0	1331.4
8	Saramacca Saramacca District Saramacca is a district of Suriname, in the north. Saramacca's capital city is Groningen, with other towns and cities including Batavia and Boskamp.Saramacca has a population of 13,600 and an area of 3,636 km²....	Groningen	3636	2.2	16,135	3.3	4.4
9	Sipaliwini Sipaliwini District Sipaliwini is the largest district of Suriname, located in the south. Sipaliwini does not have a regional capital as it is directly administered by the national government in Paramaribo...	none	130,567	79.7	28,202	5.8	0.2
10	Wanica Wanica District Wanica is a district of Suriname, in the northeast. Wanica's capital city is Lelydorp.Wanica has a population of near 76,320 and an area of 444 km²...	Lelydorp Lelydorp Lelydorp is the capital city of Wanica District, located in Suriname. With a population of 15,576 , it is the second city in Suriname, after Paramaribo. It is located at around ....	442	0.3	86,072	17.7	194.7
	SURINAME	Paramaribo	163,820	100.0	487,024	100.0	3.0

History

The country was first divided up into subdivisions by the Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 on October 8, 1834, when a Royal Decree declared that there were to be 8 divisions and 2 districts:

• Upper Suriname and Torarica
• Para
• Upper Commewijne
• Upper Cottica and Perica
• Lower Commewijne
• Lower Cottica
• Matapica
• Saramacca
• Coronie (district)
• Nickerie (district)

The divisions were areas near the capital city

Capital City

Capital City was a television show produced by Euston Films which focused on the lives of investment bankers in London living and working on the corporate trading floor for the fictional international bank Shane-Longman....

, Paramaribo

Paramaribo

Paramaribo is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 250,000 people, more than half of Suriname's population...

, and the districts were areas further away from the city.

In 1927, Suriname's districts were revised, and the country was divided into 7 districts. In 1943, 1948, 1949, 1952 and 1959 further small modifications were made. On October 28, 1966, the districts were redrawn again, into

• Nickerie
• Coronie
• Saramacca
• Brokopondo
• Para
• Suriname
• Paramaribo
• Commewijne
• Marowijne

These divisions remained until 1980, when yet again, the borders of the districts were redrawn, however, with the following requirements:

• Changes in the old boundaries were made only if it leads to improved functioning
• Each area should be developed
• The new boundaries should respect the identities of indigenous people.

The districts created in 1980 remain to this day.

See also

• ISO 3166-2:SR
  ISO 3166-2:SR
  ISO 3166-2:SR is the entry for Suriname in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Suriname, ISO 3166-2 codes are...
  
  
• Resorts of Suriname
  Resorts of Suriname
  The ten districts of Suriname are divided into 62 resorts . Within the capital city of Paramaribo, a resort entails a neigbourhood, in other cases it is more akin to a municipality, consisting of a central place with a few settlements around it...
  
  
• List of Caribbean First-level Subdivisions by Total Area

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