Suriname

Medical offices, spas and specialized clinics in the Surinamese capital of Paramaribo may carry Meladerm.

Specifically, the product is manufactured by Civant. It is a skin lightener and may be available at companies and offices that deal with skin care in Suriname. The most likely place is Paramaribo, as Suriname's capital and largest city. Otherwise, computer access opens up online shopping and ordering.

It is through the provisions of the Treaty of Breda that the Dutch got Suriname.

Specifically, the treaty was signed on July 31, 1667 in the Dutch city of Breda. It represented a quick attempt to end the Second Anglo-Dutch War of 1665-1667. By that treatment, the Dutch exchanged their colony of New Amsterdam for the English colony of Suriname.

Guyana, French Guiana, and Brazil share borders with Suriname. Guyana is on the western border. Brazil is on the southern border. French Guiana is on the eastern border. The Atlantic Ocean is on the northern border.

The above four neighbors aren't considered dependencies. Neighboring Guyana and Brazil are considered countries. Neighboring French Guiana isn't a similarly independent country. But it isn't a dependency either. Officially, it's one of France's 'départements'. So it's seen as an administrative unit that just happens to be overseas ['outre-mer'].

The official name of Suriname in English is Republic of Suriname. In Dutch the official name is Republiek Suriname. In Sranan Tongo ['Surinamean tongue'], a Creole language spoken by over two-thirds of the population, Suriname is known as Sranan.

Unofficially, the country still may be called by its former name of 'Dutch Guiana' from its colonial past. Or it may be called Suriname.

Around 80 percent of Suriname is pristine rainforest. As a result, Suriname has great ecological diversity. The many rivers and the Atlantic coast provide Suriname with an abundant supply of food and economic products.

Around 5 percent of the population live in the forested interior. But many of Suriname's people live in the built environment. Specifically, around half of the population live in Paramaribo, the capital city. The rest of the population mainly live along the coast.

Suriname is one of the top 10 producers of bauxite in the world. The Republic also has significant aluminum oxide[alumina], diamond, gold, and oil deposits. The Aluminum Company of America subsidiary, SURALCO, has been mining bauxite in Suriname since 1916.

Cricket and soccer are Suriname's professional sports.

Specifically, Suriname has national cricket and football teams. The Surinaamse Cricket Bond represents the country at international cricket matches. The Surinaamse Voetbal Bondrepresents the country at association football matches.

Yes, Suriname can be an expensive travel destination.

Specifically, the Republic of Suriname is not well known to tourists. The country's cultural, economic and political activities cluster along Suriname's northern coast. Expenses can be high for lodging in Paramaribo, Suriname's capital, largest and most exciting city, as well as for travel in the coastal area, coastal plain and vast rain forest interior.

Athletes and political officeholders are Suriname's famous people.

Specifically, Suriname is one of the lesser known of South America's thirteen (13) countries. It nevertheless has its share of famous people, such as artists, businessmen, designers, entertainers, musicians and writers. These people are famous for their achievements within Suriname even though they may not be well known on a widespread basis throughout the world. Instead, it comes down to athletes on European soccer teams and Suriname's presidents who are famous within Suriname's borders and beyond.

There are a variety of housing styles in Suriname. Housing ranges from rural to towns to the capital city of Paramaribo. Houses are built of wood or other materials. In the forested interior where only 5 percent of the population live there are thatch huts. Also the Maroon descendants of escaped slaves live in highly decorated wooden houses. In rural areas houses sometimes are built on stilts. In Paramaribo and in Suriname's towns there are still houses in the Dutch colonial style.

So the range is from humble abodes to mansions.
There are a variety of housing styles in Suriname. Half of Suriname's population live in the capital city of Paramaribo. The other half of the population live in the smaller towns along the coast. Many of the descendants of African slaves live in the forested interior. The range of housing is typical of any tropical climate, from huts to houses on stilts to city dwellings.

The major ethnic groups in Suriname are Hindustani(Hindoestanen), Javanese, Surinamese Creoles, and Surinamese Maroons.

Specifically, Hindus are the largest ethnic group at 27 percent of the population. They are descendants of 19th-century contract workers from the Northern Indian states of Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh.

Surinamese Creoles make up 18 percent. They are mixed descendants of West African slaves and Europeans (mostly Dutch).

The Javanese make up 15 percent. They are descendants of contract workers from the former Dutch East Indian island of Java.

Surinamese Maroons make up 15 percent. They are descendants of escaped West African slaves.

Descendants of Indian contract laborers are what make up Suriname's Hindu population.

Specifically, Suriname was a former English colony that fell under Dutch colonial rule through the provisions of the Treaty of Breda of July 31, 1667. The English and the Dutch had competing and overlapping interests in the Americas and in Asia. They therefore found grounds for conflict and for cooperation. In terms of getting along, the English agreed to supply indentured workers from their colony in India at a time that the Dutch needed a large, hard working labor supply for the plantation economies in Suriname.