Back بلدية جرونينجن ARZ Groningen (kapital sa distrito sa Surinam) CEB Гронинген (Суринам) CV Groningen (Suriname) German Groningen (Surinam) Spanish Groningen (Steed uun Suurinam) FRR Groningen (Suriname) Italian Groningenas (Surinamas) Lithuanian Groningen (Suriname) Dutch Groningen (Surinam) Polish
Groningen | |
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Town and resort | |
 Groningen (before 1929) | |
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  Groningen Location in Suriname | |
| Coordinates: 5°48′0″N 55°28′0″W / 5.80000°N 55.46667°W | |
| Country |  Suriname |
| District | Saramacca District |
| Founded | 1790 |
| Area | |
• Total | 57 km2 (22 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2012)[1] | |
• Total | 2,818 |
| • Density | 49/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Groningen is the capital town of the Saramacca District, Suriname.
Groningen only began to grow after 1960. Around that time the East-West Link, a road linking Albina via Paramaribo to Nieuw Nickerie was built. This let Groningen become accessible by road.
The town features: an office of the district commissioner; a post office; an office for the police commander, an office of the State health foundation(SZF) and the J. Eliazer football stadium, named after the founder of the Football Federation of Saramacca and president.[2] There is also a Moravian Church and a Roman Catholic church.
In 1910, a nursing home for yaws sufferers was established. It was closed after it was discovered that the disease could be cured within days by applying Salvarsan.[3]
- ^ "Resorts in Suriname Census 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "Eliazer, Jacques, Jean; De eerste Surinaamse sportencyclopedie (1893-1988)". Alberga, Paramaribo. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "Distrikt Saramacca". Suriname.nu (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 January 2022.