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Capital: Paramaribo
Area: 163,820 sq km / 63,243 sq ml
Language: Dutch, Sranan (creole), English, Hindi, and Spanish (main working language)
Currency: Surinam Guilder
Population: 435,449
Life expectancy: 68 (men), 73 (women)
Literacy rate: 95%
Physical features: Hilly and forested, with flat and narrow coastal plain
Ethnic distribution: Creoles, East Indians, Indonesians, Africans, Native Indians, Europeans, and Chinese
Exports: Alumina, aluminium, bauxite, rice, timber, bananas, shrimps
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