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    Anglo-Dutch War ceded all of Suriname to the Dutch. Paramaribo is divided into 12 resorts (ressorten): Beekhuizen Blauwgrond Centrum Flora Latour Livorno Munder...
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    Paramaribo (/ˌpɑːrəˈmɑːriboʊ/; Dutch: [ˌpaːraːˈmaːriboː] ; nicknamed Par'bo[citation needed]) is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on...
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    Beekhuizen is a former sugarcane plantation and currently a resort in Suriname, located in the Paramaribo District. Its population at the 2012 census...
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    Waag is a former weigh house on the Waterkant in the historic centre of Paramaribo, Suriname. The building is a monument, and an Unesco World Heritage Site...
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    Jules Sedney Harbour is the main seaport for cargo ships in Paramaribo, Suriname. Until 2016, the harbour was called Nieuwe Haven (New Harbour). It is...
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    during the gold rush in the early 20th century, from the harbour town Paramaribo to Dam at the Sara Creek, but it was not extended to the gold fields at...
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    the new barracks was completed; others were kept in a temporary camp at Beekhuizen until Copieweg was enlarged. A group of Javanese criminal prisoners who...
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  • Parbo Power Stout. The brewery was founded in 1954 in the Beekhuizen neighborhood of Paramaribo by two brothers, Pieter ("Piet") and Arthur ("Thuur") Dumoleyn...
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    divided into 63 resorts (Dutch: ressorten). Within the capital city of Paramaribo, a resort entails a neighbourhood; in other cases it is more akin to a...
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    Goslar is a partly-submerged shipwreck in the Suriname River in Paramaribo, Suriname. It is the remains of a Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) steam turbine cargo...
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