Wanica District

Wanica is a district of located in the north of the country. Wanica's capital city is , the second-largest city in Suriname. Wanica has a population of 118,222 and an area of 443 km2.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pontbuiten and Koewarasan.

Village
is a resort in , located in the . Its population at the 2012 census was 23,211. was founded in the mid 20th century by the Pont family, and was intended for agriculture.

Village
is a resort in , located in the Wanica District. Its population at the 2012 census was 27,713. It is located to the west of , and is mainly a suburban area.

Village
is a resort in , located in the Wanica District. Its population at the 2012 census was 26,161. Its main ethnic groups are East Indian, and Creoles.

Wanica District

Latitude
5.75° or 5° 45′ north
Longitude
-55.25° or 55° 15′ west
Population
76,300
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
68Q6QQ22+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 313745946
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
3382761
Wiki­data ID
Q1147524
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Wu Chinese—“Wanica District” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ዋኒካ ምስzone”
  • Arabic: “ضاحية وانيكا”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة وانيكا”
  • Asturian: “Wanica”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vanika rayonu”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Ваніка”
  • Belarusian: “Ваніка (акруга)”
  • Belarusian: “Ваніка”
  • Bengali: “ওয়ানিকা জেলা”
  • Catalan: “Wanica”
  • Cebuano: “Distrikt Wanica”
  • Chinese: “Wanica Koān”
  • Chinese: “瓦尼卡区”
  • Chinese: “瓦尼卡區”
  • Croatian: “Wanica”
  • Danish: “Wanica”
  • Dutch: “Wanica”
  • Esperanto: “Wanica”
  • Finnish: “Wanica”
  • French: “Wanica”
  • German: “Kwatta”
  • German: “SR-WA”
  • German: “Wanica”
  • Greek: “Γουανίκα”
  • Gujarati: “વાનિકા જિલ્લો”
  • Hausa: “Gundumar Wanika”
  • Hebrew: “וניקה”
  • Hindi: “वानिका जिला”
  • Inari Sami: “Wanica pirrâdâh”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Wanica”
  • Italian: “distretto di Wanica”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Wanica”
  • Italian: “Wanica”
  • Japanese: “ワニカ”
  • Japanese: “ワニカ地方”
  • Javanese: “Distrik Wanika”
  • Kannada: “ವಾನಿಕಾ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
  • Kazakh: “Ваника округі”
  • Kirghiz: “Ваника району”
  • Korean: “바니카구”
  • Latvian: “Vanikas distrikts”
  • Lithuanian: “Vanikos apygarda”
  • Malay: “Wanica District”
  • Malayalam: “വാനിക്ക ജില്ല”
  • Marathi: “वानिका जिल्हा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wanica Koān”
  • Northern Frisian: “Wanica”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wanica”
  • Norwegian: “Wanica”
  • Oromo: “Giddaa Wanika”
  • Panjabi: “ਵਾਨਿਕਾ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ”
  • Persian: “ناحیه وانیکا”
  • Polish: “Wanica”
  • Portuguese: “Wanica”
  • Pushto: “والنیکا ولسوالۍ”
  • Romanian: “Wanica”
  • Russian: “Ваника”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wanica”
  • Sinhala: “වනිකා කලාපය”
  • Sinhala: “වනිකා දිස්ත්‍රික්කය, සුරිනාමය”
  • Somali: “Gobolka Wanika”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Wanica”
  • Spanish: “Wanica”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Distrikt fu Wanica”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Pasuni fu Wanica”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya wa Wanika”
  • Swedish: “Wanica”
  • Tajik: “Минтақаи Ваника”
  • Tamil: “வனிக்கா மாவட்டம்”
  • Tatar: “Ваника районы”
  • Telugu: “వానికా జిల్లా”
  • Thai: “วานิกา”
  • Turkish: “Wanica District”
  • Ukrainian: “Ваніка”
  • Urdu: “وانیکا ضلع”
  • Uzbek: “Vanika tumani”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Wanica”
  • Wu Chinese: “瓦尼卡区”

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