This article is about the district of Paramaribo. For information on the city, see Paramaribo. Colonial style houses, Waterkant, Paramaribo. ...

Paramaribo is a district of Suriname, encompassing the city of Paramaribo and the surrounding area.

Paramaribo district has a population of 213,840 and an area 183 km². This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ...

The area was first colonised by the British in the 1600s with the construction of Fort Willoughby. This fort was later taken by the Netherlands and renamed Fort Zeelandia. 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 ceded all of Suriname to the Dutch. Colonization is the act where life forms move into a distant area where their kind is sparse or not yet existing at all and set up new settlements in the area. ... Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century Decades: 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s - 1600s - 1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s Years: 1600 1601 1602 1603 1604 1605 1606 1607 1608 1609 Events and Trends November 5, 1605 - The Gunpowder Plot to blow up the British Parliament. ... Fort Zeelandia is a fortress in Surinam that was built by British colonists (originally called Fort Willoughby) in early 1600s around a small trading post. ... The Treaty should not be confused with Charles IIs Declaration of Breda, 1660. ... The Royal Prince and other vessels at the Four Days Fight, 11–14 June 1666 by Abraham Storck depicts a battle of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. ...

Resorts

1. Beekhuizen
2. Blauwgrond
3. Centrum
4. Flora
5. Latour
6. Livorno
7. Munder
8. Pontbuiten
9. Rainville
10. Tammenga
11. Weg naar Zee
12. Welgelegen

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