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Zuid, Suriname
Resort
Watercolor painting of plantation Berlijn
Map showing the resorts of Para District.  Zuid
Country	Suriname
District	Para District
Area
• Total	909 km (351 sq mi)
Population
• Total	6,113
• Density	6.7/km (17/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-3 (AST)

Zuid (English: South) is a resort in Suriname, located in the Para District. Its population at the 2012 census was 6,113. The main ethnic groups are indigenous, Creoles, and mixed race.

Villages which are located in Zuid are Berlijn, Cabendadorp, Hollandse Kamp, Matta, Onverdacht, Pikin Saron, Sabakoe, Witsanti and Zanderij which is near the Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport, the main airport of Suriname.

Republiek

Republiek is a village, and a holiday resort in Zuid. Republiek consists of the two wood plantation Mijnhoop and Valkenburg which were merged in 1884 into Republiek. The name is based on Post Republiek, a military outpost which already existed in 1793. The military outpost was manned by 24 freed slaves at the time. In 1905, the first part of the Lawa Railway between Paramaribo and Republiek opened. The railway station turned Republiek in a holiday resort. In 1987, the train station closed, but Republiek remained a holiday resort. The village is home to about 50 people. Since 1933, Republiek provides the drinking water for Paramaribo and Wanica.

References

1. ^ "Resorts in Suriname Census 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 18 May 2020.
2. "Samenvattingen". Suriname.nu (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 May 2020.
3. ^ "Plantage Republiek". Republiek.sr (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 May 2020.
4. "Surinaamsche Staatkundige Almanach voor den Jaare 1793". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 May 2020.
5. "Begin- en eindstation Onverwacht". Groen Rood Wit (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 May 2020.
6. "Sirito. 50 Surinaamse vertellingen". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 May 2020.
7. Armand Snijders: De flop van Lely. Parbode, Surinames Magazine, 1 April 2008.
8. "Meer over geschiedenis". Surinaamsche Waterleiding Maatschappij (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 May 2020.

External links

• Media related to Zuid, Suriname at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Districts and resorts of Suriname
Brokopondo District	Brownsweg Centrum Klaaskreek Kwakoegron Marshallkreek Sarakreek
Commewijne District	Alkmaar Bakkie Margaretha Meerzorg Nieuw Amsterdam Tamanredjo
Coronie District	Johanna Maria Totness Welgelegen
Marowijne District	Albina Galibi Moengo Moengotapoe Patamacca Wanhatti
Nickerie District	Groot Henar Nieuw Nickerie Oostelijke Polders Wageningen Westelijke Polders
Para District	Bigi Poika Carolina Noord Oost Zuid
Paramaribo District	Beekhuizen Blauwgrond Centrum Flora Latour Livorno Munder Pontbuiten Rainville Tammenga Weg naar Zee Welgelegen
Saramacca District	Calcutta Groningen Jarikaba Kampong Baroe Tijgerkreek Wayamboweg
Sipaliwini District	Boven Coppename Boven Saramacca Boven Suriname Coeroeni Kabalebo Pamacca Tapanahony
Wanica District	De Nieuwe Grond Domburg Houttuin Koewarasan Kwatta Lelydorp Saramacca Polder

5°26′58″N 55°16′12″W / 5.44944°N 55.27000°W / 5.44944; -55.27000

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