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SURINAME

CARIBBEAN-CENTRAL AMERICA PROFILE 2018

Ministry of Regional Development INFRASTRUCTURE CONTACTS
van Rooseveltkade 2 TRANSPORTATION Central Bank of Suriname
Paramaribo, Suriname LAND Waterkant 16-20,
Tel: (597) 471574 Railroads: 224 km. (140 mi.) total. Used to Paramaribo, Suriname
Email: secr.minister@regionaldevelopment. transport logs and bauxite. Tel: (597) 473741
gov.sr Roads: 8,837 km (5478.9 mi.) of which about Fax: (597) 476444
Ministry of Social Affairs and Housing 40 percent is paved. E-mail: info@cbvs.sr
Waterkant 30-32 SEA Website: www.cbvs.sr
Paramaribo, Suriname Inland Waterways: 4,500 km. (2,794 mi.) of General Bureau of Statistics
Tel: (597) 472340 inland waterways. The rivers are an important Klipstenenstraat 5
Ministry of Spatial Planning, Land and means of transport for alumina cargo and for Paramaribo, Suriname
Forest Management remote interior communities; ocean going Tel: (597) 473737
Fax: (597) 425004
Cornelis Jongbawstraat 10-12 vessels with drafts ranging from 4.2 m. to 7 m. Email: info@statistics-suriname.org
Tel: (597) 470700 can navigate many of the principal waterways
Fax: (597) 470876 while canoes navigate upper reaches. Suriname Chamber of Industry and
Sea Ports: The major seaport is Paramaribo.
Ministry of Sport & Youth Affairs There are 6 minor ports. The Nieuwe Haven Commerce
Frederik Derbystraat 53 port terminal at Paramaribo handles an estimated Prof. W.J.A. Kernkampweg 37
Tel: (597) 474508 500 - 600 vessel per year. Paramaribo, Suriname
Fax: (597) 474509 Tel: (597) 473527
Email: secretariaat.minister@ AIR Fax: (597) 470802
sportandyouthaffairs.gov.sr Airports: The Johan Adolf Pengel International E-mail: chamber@sr.net
Airport, situated 45 km (28 mi.) from Paramaribo,
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism is Suriname’s main airport. The Zorg-en-Hoop Suriname Stock Exchange
Havenlaan, Airport, in a suburb of Paramaribo, caters for c/o Assuria N.V.,
Paramaribo, Suriname domestic flights and flights to Guyana. Grote Combeweg 37,
Tel: (597) 402886 Paramaribo, Suriname
Fax: (597) 402602 Tel: (597) 477955
Email: don.tosendjojo@gov.sr TELECOMMUNICATION Fax: (597) 472390
The main providers of telecommunications Email: info@surinamestockexchange.com
services include the state-owned fixed-line
EDUCATION telephony, Telecommunicatiebedrijf Suriname IN THE U.S.
Education is free and compulsory from age (Telesur). The quality of international telecoms Embassy of Suriname
6 to 12. There are at least 3 international will be raised with Suriname’s decision to 4301 Connecticut Ave.,
schools and several institutions for higher and join Guyana and French Guiana in linking to NW Ste. 460
academic education including the University of a fibre-optic cable capable of carrying 600 Washington, DC 20008
Suriname and the FHR Lim A Po Institute for simultaneous voice calls. A Telecom Authority Tel: (202) 244-7488
Social Studies (FHR). The adult literacy rate is coordinates all telecom activities and safeguard Fax: (202) 244-5878
approximately 95%. free competition.

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