Paramaribo
Paramaribo on the map of Suriname
Paramaribo is the capital and one of ten districts of the Republic of Suriname in South America.
Geography
The city is situated on the left bank of the Suriname River, about 23 km upstream from the Atlantic Ocean.
History
The name Paramaribo is probably derived from a Karibendorf, Parmirbo. In 1613, the two Dutch Dirck van Claeszoon Sanen and Nicolaas Baliestel founded a small trading company near Parmirbo on the west bank of the Suriname. To protect against raids by Caribs of items of palisades was surrounded.
After several failed attempts by Europeans to adopt binding foot, of the items in 1651 fell into English hands. The British built the items on behalf of Francis Willoughby in a fort at the fort Willoughby. However, they settled further south, about 50 km from the Fort on the Suriname River, at. As the center of the newly owned community area, the English founded here the city Torarica.
In 1667, the area for the under Zealanders Abraham Crijnssen is conquered. The fort has now received the name of Fort Zeelandia and the square was renamed Paramaribo for a short time in New Middelburg. Hereby the fort became the center of the colony. From the fort, the city spread out just to the west and then south. Nevertheless, the city itself was only in 1683 a collection of 27 buildings. It was only from 1790, there are reports on the count of more than 1000 buildings.
The city was destroyed in parts in two major fires in 1821 and 1832.
After the abolition of slavery in 1863 and the expiration of the ten-year work requirement in 1873 ( staatstoezicht ) many ex-slaves moved into town. This made the first major expansion of the city required. After 1950 it came through the increase of population to other major urban construction projects. In 1987, then a territorial reform and administrative reorganization took place in Suriname. The Paramaribo District was here divided into 12 departments.
According to the results of the population and housing census in 2012 the population of Paramaribo on the previous census in 2004 declined slightly.
Architecture and population
The architecture of Paramaribo is a mixture of Dutch, French and later American influences. These influences are closely connected with the historical developments that has lived through the country. This Paramaribo has developed a completely unique style, mainly wood and less bricks were used. Especially the multi - ethnic and multi - religious composition of the population is reflected in the wide variety of differently shaped and religious buildings, such as churches, synagogues, mosques and temples.
Since July 2002, the historic center of Paramaribo is on the list of World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.
- Gallery Paramaribo
EBGs Church Steenbakkerijstraat (1847 )
RK Cathedral ( Wood, 1883) Henck Arronstraat
Mosque Keizerstraat ( AAIIL )
Synagogue (1842 ) Keizerstraat
Mosque and synagogue next to each other at the Keizerstraat
Hindu Temple ( Arya Dewaker circa 1998 ) Wanicastraat
Memorial at Little Combeweg in honor of immigrants, see also Hindu mangosteens
The German Honorary Consulate of the Costerstraat
Honorary Consulate of now (March 2012 ) Dr. Sophie Redmondstraat 250
The Honorary Consulate of Austria in the Henck Arronstraat 16
Historic buildings Swalmbergstraat
Lim A Postraat
The Helstone Monument
Lachmon still image, Independence Square
Pengel still image, Independence Square
The Parliament building, in front of ...
Carved in stone ... the national anthem
Secretariat of the Football Association SVB
On the André- Kamperveen Stadium
The courtyard of Fort Zeelandia
Historical map of Paramaribo
Economy
Paramaribo is the most important port in the country, the products of the country are shipped overseas from here.
Twinning
- Belgium Antwerp (Belgium )
- People's Republic of China Hangzhou ( China)