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Paramaribo

capital city of Suriname
City city Q3001

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
city, big city, administrative territorial entity[6][7]
Inception
1613[13]
Country
Suriname[3]
Official website
www.paramaribo.com[14]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 5.867°, -55.167°
Capital of
Suriname, Suriname[25]
Area
+182[34]
Demonym
Paramaribien, Paramaribienne[27][28]
Described by source
Otto's encyclopedia, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22][23][24]
Different from
Paramaribo District[32]
Elevation above sea level
+3[33]
Located in or next to body of water
Suriname River, Atlantic Ocean[4][5]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Paramaribo District, Suriname, Surinam[2]
Native label
Paramaribo[29]
Official language
Dutch[8]
Official name
Paramaribo[26]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[35]
Owner of
Eddy Blackman Stadion, André Kamperveen Stadium[30][31]
P14586
89993
Population
15k (15k–243k, n=7)[15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
Twinned administrative body
Antwerp, Willemstad, Yogyakarta, Hangzhou[9][10][11][12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Parbo en Paramaribo ar باراماريبو el Παραμαρίμπο fa پاراماریبو fr Parbo he פרמריבו hi पैरामारिबो hi पारामारिबो ja パラマリボ ko 파라마리보 pl Parbo ru Парамарибо th ปารามาริโบ th ปารามารีโบ zh 帕拉马里博 zh-hant 巴拉馬利波
🔖 Identifiers · 64
VIAF cluster ID
150083605
Library of Congress authority ID
n79059231
GND ID
4406196-1
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Waterkant Paramaribo with the Unesco Heritage Buildings.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
8361
BBC Things ID
889f90e6-5b2f-440a-b0f8-fe8d5ca5e933
BlackPast.org ID
global-african-history/places-global-african-history/paramaribo-suriname-1630
Britannica Kids kids level article ID
345990
Britannica Kids scholars level article ID
58402
Britannica Kids students level article ID
332493
British Museum place ID
x67632
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
paramaribo
Show all 64 identifiers +52
Cultureel Woordenboek ID
gebouwd-erfgoed/suriname-paramaribo
Early Modern Letters Online location ID
6d4a3f63-3807-4b4c-a02b-00f54f70dedd
Encyclopedia of China (Second Edition) ID
223704
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Paramaribo
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
paramaribo
FactGrid item ID
Alfred von Wurzbach
Freebase ID
/m/0fr_v
GADM ID
SUR.7_1
GeoNames ID
3383330
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
7002584, 7015387
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
paramaribo
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0048962
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Paramaribo
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2707099
Grove Art Online ID
T065315
Gynopedia ID
Paramaribo
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
46626
INaturalist place ID
11973
IdRef ID
027407586
Interlingual Index ID
i84118
Lex ID
Paramaribo
Libris-URI
zw9cb84h0dtbsg1
Museum-digital place ID
30462
MusicBrainz area ID
fb665c49-69f0-4f29-9f30-1e0ac08f0ecc
NE.se ID
paramaribo
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000975515
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007561793505171
OBO Gazetteer ID
00256506
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3954266
OpenStreetMap node ID
281537750
OpenWeatherMap city ID
3383330
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
40615
Quora topic ID
Paramaribo-Suriname
RKD thesaurus ID
695
Related category
Category:Paramaribo-related lists
SELIBR ID
156285
Topic's main category
Category:Paramaribo
Treccani ID
paramaribo
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
paramaribo
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10046391
UN/LOCODE
SRPBM
Vikidia article ID
fr:Paramaribo
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
paramaribas
Wellcome Collection concept ID
th6d69v8
Who's on First ID
890444597
WikiKids ID
Paramaribo
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Concept", "CapitalOfSuriname::284p2"]
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
09053431-n
World Historical Gazetteer place ID
12346227
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJpdTRbcyhR7pF3BhwKGHC
YSO ID
508340
Yale LUX ID
place/835e63ad-a850-4c80-a6a0-a96f61917562

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🔗 Connections
People born here 194
Clarence Seedorf, Edgar Davids, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Henny Meijer, Ronald Venetiaan, Edson Braafheid, Aron Winter, Jennifer Geerlings-Simons +186 more
People who died here 55
Chan Santokhi, Ronald Venetiaan, Jules Wijdenbosch, Henk Chin A Sen, Fred Ramdat Misier, Johan Kraag, Pim de la Parra, Johanna Helena Herolt +47 more
← Headquarters location 43
Surinam Airways, Surinamese Football Association, National Assembly, National Democratic Party, S.V. Robinhood, S.V. Transvaal, Centrale Bank van Suriname, Military of Suriname +35 more
← Place of publication 25
Onze West, Surinaamsche Almanak voor het Jaar 1820, Surinaamsche Almanak voor het Jaar 1821, Surinaamsche Almanak voor het Jaar 1825, Surinaamsche Almanak voor het Jaar 1827, Surinaamsche Almanak voor het Jaar 1828, Surinaamsche Almanak voor het Jaar 1829, Surinaamsche Almanak voor het Jaar 1830 +17 more
Contained subdivisions 24
Fort Zeelandia, André Kamperveen Stadium, Mosque Keizerstraat, Presidential Palace of Suriname, Centrale Bank van Suriname, Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral, Neveh Shalom Synagogue, Arya Diwaker +16 more
Located in this place 4
Surinam Airways Flight 764, Anton de Kom University of Suriname, SV Leo Victor, 1990 Surinamese coup d'état
Twinned administrative body 4
Antwerp, Hangzhou, Yogyakarta, Willemstad
← Capital 4
Suriname, Paramaribo District, Dutch Guiana, Suriname
← Category combines topics 4
Category:People from Paramaribo, Category:Births in Paramaribo, Category:Sport in Paramaribo, Category:Deaths in Paramaribo
← Twinned administrative body 4
Antwerp, Hangzhou, Yogyakarta, Willemstad
Instance of 3
city, administrative territorial entity, big city
Located in the administrative territorial entity 3
Paramaribo District, Surinam, Suriname
Capital of 2
Suriname, Suriname
Described by source 2
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Located in or next to body of water 2
Atlantic Ocean, Suriname River
Owned entities 2
André Kamperveen Stadium, Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion
Residents 2
Jeangu Macrooy, Tessa Leuwsha
← Location of formation 2
Blue Wing Airlines, STVS
← Place served by transport hub 2
Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport, Zorg en Hoop Airport
← Work location 2
Augusta Curiel, Hein Eersel
Category for people born here 1
Category:Births in Paramaribo
Category for people who died here 1
Category:Deaths in Paramaribo
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Paramaribo
Country 1
Suriname
Different from 1
Paramaribo District
FactGrid item ID 1
Alfred von Wurzbach
Located in time zone 1
UTC−03:00
Official language 1
Dutch
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Owner of 1
André Kamperveen Stadium
Topic's main category 1
Category:Paramaribo
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Paramaribo
← Connects with 1
East-West Link
← Depicts 1
Module:Location map/data/Suriname Paramaribo
← Destination point 1
Surinam Airways Flight 764
← Resistance in Belgium ID 1
Velzeke-Ruddershove
← SNARC ID 1
Ludhiana
← Start point 1
Blue Wing Airlines 2008 plane crash
← TDKIV Wikibase ID 1
albumen print
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Summary

Paramaribo is a city[1].

Related Entities

Anton de Kom University of Suriname Aron Winter Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency Chan Santokhi city Clarence Seedorf Democracy Unit Edgar Davids Edson Braafheid Environmental Research Center Institute for Women, Gender and Development Studies Instituut voor Maatschappij Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Jennifer Geerlings-Simons Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Johan Ferrier Jules Wijdenbosch Ludhiana Melkcentrale Paramaribo National Herbarium of Suriname National Zoological Collection of Suriname Ronald Venetiaan Suriname Universiteitsinstituut voor Kinderrechten Willemstad

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  1. 5d ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-10-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    British Museum place ID → x67632
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ British Museum place ID: x67632, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/328379115|Paramaribo (#328379115)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8589|British Museum pl"
  2. 18w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 89993
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 89993, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
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