Paramaribo is a district of Suriname

Suriname

Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...

, encompassing the city of Paramaribo and the surrounding area.

Paramaribo district has a population

Population

A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...

 of 213,840 and an area

Area

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 183 km².

The area was first colonised

Colonisation

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 by the British

United Kingdom

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 in the 17th century with the construction of Fort Willoughby. This fort was later taken by the Netherlands

Netherlands

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 and renamed Fort Zeelandia

Fort Zeelandia (Paramaribo)

Fort Zeelandia is a fortress in Paramaribo, Suriname, that was built by British colonists in 1651 around a small trading post, created by the Dutch...

. The area, and the city of Paramaribo, switched between Dutch and British control until the Treaty of Breda at the end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War

Second Anglo-Dutch War

The Second Anglo–Dutch War was part of a series of four Anglo–Dutch Wars fought between the English and the Dutch in the 17th and 18th centuries for control over the seas and trade routes....

 ceded all of Suriname to the Dutch.

Resorts

Paramaribo is divided into 14 resorts (ressorten):

• Beekhuizen
  Beekhuizen
  Beekhuizen is a resort in Suriname, located in the Paramaribo District. Its population at the 2004 census was 19,783.-References:...
  
  
• Blauwgrond
  Blauwgrond
  Blauwgrond is a resort in Suriname, located in the Paramaribo District. Its population at the 2004 census was 28,436.-References:...
  
  
• Centrum
  Centrum, Paramaribo
  Centrum is a resort in Suriname, located in the Paramaribo District. Its population at the 2004 census was 29,274....
  
  
• Flora
  Flora, Suriname
  Flora is a resort in Suriname, located in the Paramaribo District. Its population at the 2004 census was 15,346.-References:...
  
  
• Latour
  Latour, Suriname
  Latour is a resort in Suriname, located in the Paramaribo District. Its population at the 2004 census was 26,148....
  
  
• Livorno
  Livorno, Suriname
  Livorno is a resort in Suriname, located in the Paramaribo District. Its population at the 2004 census was 8,386....
  
  
• Munder
  Munder, Suriname
  Munder is a resort in Suriname, located in the Paramaribo District. Its population at the 2004 census was 16,049....
  
  
• Pontbuiten
  Pontbuiten
  Pontbuiten is a resort in Suriname, located in the Paramaribo District. Its population at the 2004 census was 19,477....
  
  
• Rainville
  Rainville, Suriname
  Rainville is a resort in Suriname, located in the Paramaribo District. Its population at the 2004 census was 28,853.-References:...
  
  
• Tammenga
  Tammenga
  Tammenga is a resort in Suriname, located in the Paramaribo District. Its population at the 2004 census was 14,313....
  
  
• Wegnaarzee
• Welgelegen
  Welgelegen, Paramaribo District
  Welgelegen is a resort in Suriname, located in the Paramaribo District. Its population at the 2004 census was 23,709.-References:...
  
  
• Zorg en Hoop
• Maretraite