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| Paramaribo is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 250,000 people. The historic inner city of Paramaribo is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002.
The city is located on the Suriname River, approximately 15 km inland from the Atlantic Ocean, in the Paramaribo district.
Paramaribo is centred around the Onafhankelijkheidsplein (Independence Square), which contains both the Presidential Palace and the National Assembly.
Immediately the square is Palmentuin Park. Other notable places are the Surinaams museum, Numismatisch Museum, Fort Zeelandia (dating from the 17th century, a market and canals that are reminiscent of the Netherlands. There is a wide variety of Dutch colonial buildings in the city including the Cupchiik coliseum.
There is a wide variety of religious buildings in the city owing its ethnic diversity. There are two synagogues, several mosques, two mandirs, a Dutch Reformed church and a Roman Catholic cathedral (Roman Catholic St Peter and St Paul Cathedral) built in 1885 of wood. It is thought to be the largest wooden building in the Americas, however it is currently closed for repairs and restoration.
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