Para is a district of Suriname

Suriname

Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...

, in the north. Para's capital city

Capital City

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 is 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...

, with other towns including Paranam

Paranam

Paranam is a town in the Para District, Suriname. It is located at around ....

, Sabana and Zanderij

Zanderij

Zanderij is a village located in the northern part of Suriname, situated 50 kilometres south of the capital Paramaribo on the Southern East-West Link. The Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport is located near the village....

.

Para has a population

Population

A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...

 of 15,120 and an area

Area

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 of 5,393 km².

The district is the mining

Mining

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 and forestry

Forestry

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 centre of Suriname, with many large bauxite

Bauxite

Bauxite is an aluminium ore and is the main source of aluminium. This form of rock consists mostly of the minerals gibbsite Al3, boehmite γ-AlO, and diaspore α-AlO, in a mixture with the two iron oxides goethite and hematite, the clay mineral kaolinite, and small amounts of anatase TiO2...

 mining operations operating.

The ruins of the city of Jodensavanne

Jodensavanne

Jodensavanne was an attempt to establish an autonomous Jewish territory in Suriname, South America.Jodensavanne is located in Para District, about 50 km south of the capital Paramaribo, on the Suriname River....

 are in Para district. Jews fleeing the Spanish Inquisition

Spanish Inquisition

The Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition , commonly known as the Spanish Inquisition , was a tribunal established in 1480 by Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. It was intended to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms, and to replace the Medieval...

 established Jodensavanne in the 17th century, but it was destroyed in 1832 by a fire

Fire

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. Jodensavanne was an internment camp for suspected Nazi

Nazism

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 supporters in Suriname during the Second World War.

Para is also home to a spring

Spring (hydrosphere)

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 that supposedly has medicinal properties.

Resorts

Para is divided into 5 resorts (ressorten):

• Bigi Poika
  Bigi Poika
  Bigi Poika is a resort in Suriname, located in the Para District. Its population at the 2004 census was 335.-References:...
  
  
• Carolina
  Carolina, Suriname
  Carolina is a resort in Suriname, located in the Para District. Its population at the 2004 census was 220.-References:...
  
  
• Noord
  Noord
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• Oost
• Zuid

Villages

• Bigi Poika (Carib Indian)
• Carolina (Creole)
• Powakka (Arowak Indian)