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GuyanaAbout Suriname
Suriname is a country in South America, one of the 35 countries of the Americas on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Republic of Suriname. In Arabic, the name is written سورينام, and the capital باراماريبو. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
The capital of Suriname is Paramaribo. Paramaribo lies at about 6° north and 55° west. The official language of Suriname is Dutch. Its currency is the Surinamese Dollar, with the symbol $ and the international code SRD.
Suriname covers about 163,820 square kilometres, which puts it 90th by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It shares land borders with 2 countries: Brazil and Guyana. The largest of these neighbours by area is Brazil. Other countries in South America include Argentina, Peru, and Colombia. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Americas quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Suriname with the other countries of the same region.