Suriname (Dutch colony)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:former_Dutch_colony
gptkbp:area 163,820 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Brazil
gptkb:Guyana
gptkb:French_Guiana
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Paramaribo
gptkbp:colonialStatus gptkb:Dutch_colony
gptkbp:colonizedBy gptkb:Netherlands
gptkbp:controlledBy gptkb:England
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Surinamese_guilder
gptkbp:endDate 1975
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkb:Indigenous_people
gptkb:Hindustani
Creole
Javanese
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_Suriname_(1959–1975)
gptkbp:governor gptkb:Johan_Ferrier
gptkb:Johan_Adolf_Pengel
gptkbp:importedLaborFrom gptkb:China
gptkb:India
gptkb:Java
gptkbp:independenceDate gptkb:Netherlands
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:South_America
gptkbp:mainExports gptkb:café
gptkb:sugar
bauxite
cocoa
gptkbp:mainRiver gptkb:Suriname_River
gptkb:Marowijne_River
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Nieuw_Nickerie
gptkb:Paramaribo
gptkb:Albina
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Abolition_of_slavery_(1863)
gptkb:Independence_(1975)
gptkbp:officialLanguage Dutch
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Dutch_West_Indies
gptkbp:plantationEconomy yes
gptkbp:population about 500,000 (1975)
gptkbp:postAbolitionIndenturedLabor yes
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Surinam_(English_colony)
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Hinduism
gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:slaveTrade yes
gptkbp:startDate 1667
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Suriname
gptkbp:treaty gptkb:Treaty_of_Breda_(1667)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dutch_Guiana
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Suriname (Dutch colony)