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    Surinamese people are people who identify with the country of Suriname. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Surinamese...
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    Afro-Surinamese are the inhabitants of Suriname of mostly West African and Central African ancestry. They are descended from enslaved Africans brought...
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  • Surinamese people in the Netherlands are people in the Netherlands who come from a Surinamese background. From 1667 to 1975, Suriname was a colony of...
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  • Javanese Surinamese are an ethnic group of Javanese descent in Suriname. They have been present since the late 19th century, when their first members were...
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  • Indo-Surinamese, Indian-Surinamese or Hindustani Surinamese are nationals of Suriname of Indian origin. Their ancestors were indentured workers from (the...
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  • White Surinamese or European Surinamese are Surinamese people whose ancestry lies within the continent of Europe. As of 2013, people of solely European...
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    Indigenous peoples in Suriname, Native Surinamese, or Amerindian Surinamese, are Surinamese people who are of indigenous ancestry. They comprise approximately...
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    Dutch Surinamese (Dutch: Boeroes) are Surinamese people of Dutch descent. Dutch migrant settlers in search of a better life started arriving in Suriname...
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  • Chinese Surinamese people are Surinamese residents of ethnic Han Chinese origin. The earliest migrants came in the 19th century as indentured laborers;...
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  • Wikimedia Commons has media related to People of Suriname. Surinamese people or people of Surinamese descent who are famous or notable include: Leo Glans...
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  • Surinamese Americans (Dutch: Surinaamse Amerikanen) are Americans of Surinamese descent. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,833 people reported Surinamese...
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  • Asian Surinamese people or Surinamese people of Asian descent, are Surinamese people whose ancestry lies within the continent of Asia. The results of a...
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  • Portuguese Surinamese people are Surinamese citizens of Portuguese ancestry. In 1853, the first Portuguese people arrived from the Portuguese island of...
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  • Surinamese may refer to: Something of, from, or related to the country of Suriname Surinamese people, people from Suriname, or of Surinamese descent Surinamese...
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    differences and therefore symbolizing less of the national unity of the Surinamese people. It was changed to the current flag in 1975 after a nationwide contest...
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    Chan Santokhi (category Surinamese people of Indian descent)
    sⁿtoːkʰiː]; Dutch: [cɑnˈdrikaːpɛrˌsɑt sɑnˈtɔki]; born 3 February 1959) is a Surinamese politician and former police officer who is the 9th president of Suriname...
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  • The Surinamese Football Association (Dutch: Surinaamse Voetbal Bond [ˌsyːriˈnaːmsə ˈvudbɑl ˌbɔnt]) is the governing body of football in Suriname. It organizes...
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  • Indians in the Netherlands (category Dutch people of Indian descent)
    origin in the Netherlands. The majority of the people of Indian descent in the Netherlands are of Indo-Surinamese origin. More recently the flow of emigrants...
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  • The exact number of Surinamese people in Belgium is unknown. The (legal) Surinamese community in the Belgian capital is in any case very small: In 2015...
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    Surinamese Maroons (also Marrons, Businenge or Bushinengue, meaning black people of the forest) are the descendants of enslaved Africans that escaped from...
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    Dési Bouterse (category Surinamese people of Chinese descent)
    (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdeːsi ˈbʌutərsə]; born 13 October 1945) is a Surinamese military officer, politician, convicted murderer and drug trafficker who...
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  • mainly composed of Dutch Antilleans (mainly Afro-Curaçaoans) and Afro-Surinamese people. Klaas Bruinsma trafficked hashish from Pakistan. His nickname was...
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    Aron Winter (category Surinamese people of Indian descent)
    Aron Winter (born 1 March 1967) is a Dutch former professional football midfielder and manager for Suriname. He has played for Ajax and Sparta Rotterdam...
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    The Surinamese dollar (ISO 4217 code SRD) has been the currency of Suriname since 2004. It is divided into 100 cent. The Surinamese dollar is normally...
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    Mellisa Santokhi-Seenacherry (category Surinamese people of Indian descent)
    pronounced [meːlisɑː sⁿt̪oːkʰiː-sənicɑːriː]; born 27 October 1980) is a Surinamese lawyer, who is currently the First Lady of Suriname. Seenacherry studied...
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  • Dino Bouterse (category Surinamese people of Chinese descent)
    Guardian. Reuters. 2015-03-10. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-01-30. "Surinamese Man Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To More Than 11 Years In Prison...
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    religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population. Most Surinamese people live in the narrow, northern coastal plain. The population is one...
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  • Varina Tjon-A-Ten (category Surinamese people of Chinese descent)
    Varina Tjon-A-Ten (born 29 November 1952 in Paramaribo, Suriname) is a Dutch politician who was a member of the House of Representatives for the Dutch...
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  • Commons has media related to Writers from Suriname. A list of notable Surinamese writers: Clark Accord Karin Amatmoekrim Bernardo Ashetu Aphra Behn Bhai...
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    Edgar Davids (category Surinamese people of Jewish descent)
    greatest living footballers. Davids was born in Suriname and is of Afro-Surinamese and Jewish descent from his mother. The family moved to the Netherlands...
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