The Republic of Suriname also known as Dutch Guiana, located on the north central coast of South America between Guyana and French Guiana has an area of 63,037 sq. mi. (163,270 sq. km.) and a population of *433,000. Capital: Paramaribo. The country is rich in minerals and forests, and self-sufficient in rice, the staple food crop. The mining, processing and exporting of bauxite is the principal economic activity. Lieutenants of Amerigo Vespucci sighted the Guiana coast in 1499. Spanish explorers of the 16th century, disappointed at finding no gold, departed leaving the area to be settled by the British in 1652. The colony prospered and the Netherlands acquired it in 1667 in exchange for the Dutch rights in Nieuw Nederland (state of New York). During the European wars of the 18th and 19th centuries, which were fought in part in the new world, Suriname was occupied by the British from 1781-1784 and 1796- 1814.Suriname became an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on Dec. 15, 1954. Full independence was achieved on Nov. 25, 1975. In 1980, a coup installed a military government, which has since been dissolved.

MONETARY SYSTEM
After January, 2004
1 Dollar = 100 Cents

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Timeline:

سال  میلادی	1100 AD	1200 AD	1300 AD	1400 AD	1500 AD	1600 AD	1700 AD	1800 AD	1900 AD	2000 AD
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هجری  شمسی	478 ه‍.ش	578 ه‍.ش	678 ه‍.ش	778 ه‍.ش	878 ه‍.ش	978 ه‍.ش	1078 ه‍.ش	1178 ه‍.ش	1278 ه‍.ش	1378 ه‍.ش

 

سال  میلادی	300 AD	400 AD	500 AD	600 AD	622 AD	700 AD	800 AD	900 AD	1000 AD
>	----l----	----l----	----l----	----l----	سال هجرت حضرت محمد (ص)	----l----	----l----	----l----	----l---
هجری  شمسی	378 ق.ه‍.ش	278 ق.ه‍.ش	178 ق.ه‍.ش	78 ق.ه‍.ش	1ه‍.ش	78 ه‍.ش	178 ه‍.ش	278 ه‍.ش	378    ه‍.ش

 

سال میلادی	700 BC	600 BC	500 BC	400 BC	300 BC	200 BC	100 BC	تولد حضرت مسیح	100 AD	200 AD
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هجری  شمسی	1378 ق.ه‍.ش	1278 ق.ه‍.ش	1178 ق.ه‍.ش	1078 ق.ه‍.ش	978 ق.ه‍.ش	878 ق.ه‍.ش	778 ق.ه‍.ش	678 ق.ه‍.ش	578 ق.ه‍.ش	478    ق.ه‍.ش

 

سال میلادی	1700 BC	1600 BC	1500 BC	1400 BC	1300 BC	1200 BC	1100 BC	1000 BC	900 BC	800 BC
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هجری  شمسی	2378 ق.ه‍.ش	2278 ق.ه‍.ش	2178 ق.ه‍.ش	2078 ق.ه‍.ش	1978 ق.ه‍.ش	1878 ق.ه‍.ش	1778 ق.ه‍.ش	1678 ق.ه‍.ش	1578 ق.ه‍.ش	1478    ق.ه‍.ش

هجری شمسی  = ه‍.ش                       قبل از هجری شمسی  = ق.ه‍.ش

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