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INFO ABOUT SURINAME.
Suriname is located on the northeast coast of South America, just north of the Amazon Delta, between 2-4 degrees latitude north and 54-58 degrees longitude west.
The climate is tropical with an average temperature of 80º F. (28º C.); there are two rainy and two dry seasons.
The country has a surface area of 63,064 square miles (164,000 square kilometers).
Suriname is an independent nation with a multi-cultural population of East Indians, Creoles, Indonesians, Chinese, Africans and Amerindians.
The country is one of the biggest exporters  of alumina and aluminum in the world thanks to the existence of very large deposits of bauxite as raw material and hydropower potential.
There are many rivers and with its largely uncultivated tropical rainforest, rich in trees and exotic plants covering more than 80 % of the landmass, Suriname is percentage-wise the most forested country in the world!
The nations topography is part of the geographical formation known as the Guyana shield, a mineral-dense layer of the earth's crust estimated to be two billion years old and a contributing factor to the existence of large deposits of gold, also an important export product of this country.
South of the flat coastal region the landscape changes into savannas
 where the soil is mostly sandy and there after into undulating hills and mountains densely covered with rainforest. Here there is an abundance of flora and fauna whereas numerous species are endemic to Suriname. The rainforest is home to more plant species, animals and insects than anywhere in the world.
The country has 11 nature reserves, 1 Nature Park and 1 multiple-use management area within its borders. In the protected habitat are a great variety of plant species, flowers and animals, including the jaguar that roams freely.
In the heartland of the country is the Central Suriname Nature Reserve;  with a surface area of about 1.6 million ha., one of the largest in the world.Opportunity waits around every corner in this country; from the Atlantic coast in the north, to the mountains bordering Brazil in the south, Suriname natural endowments are overwhelming.
While relative small in size, it ranks 17th on The World Bank's list of wealthiest countries in terms of natural resources.
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