Rainville
Rainville is a resort in Suriname, located in the Paramaribo District. Its population at the 2012 census was 22,747. The Rainville resort is home to the Paramaribo Zoo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 22,700 residents
- Description: ressort of Suriname
- Also known as: “Rainville Ressort” and “Rainville, Suriname”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Presidential Palace of Suriname and Garden of Palms.
Presidential Palace of Suriname
Government office
Photo: Ian Mackenzie, CC BY 2.0.
The Presidential Palace of Suriname is the presidential palace of Suriname in the capital of Paramaribo. It is located across from The Independence Square, which also houses the National Assembly of Suriname, the Congress building, the Court of Justice, and the Ministry of Finance.
Garden of Palms
Park
Onafhankelijkheidsplein
Park
Photo: Forrestjunky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Onafhankelijkheidsplein is a town square in Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname. The square is situated in the historical inner city, near the Suriname River and the Presidential Palace of Suriname.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Noord and Meerzorg.
Noord
Village
Noord is a resort in Suriname, located in the Para District. Its population at the 2012 census was 9,703. Noord is mainly an agricultural area, and has a school. Noord is situated 2½ km northeast of Rainville.
Meerzorg
Village
Photo: Humbert-L-Siegers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Meerzorg is a town and resort in Suriname, located on the eastern bank of the Suriname River, directly opposite the capital Paramaribo. Its population at the 2012 census was 12,405. Meerzorg is situated 3 km south of Rainville.
Paramaribo
Photo: Rafaeljantz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Paramaribo, often called Par'bo, is the lively capital and only city of the sparsely inhabited country of Suriname. Home to about 240,000 people, or over half of the country's population, this laid-back South American gem lies 15 km from the Atlantic Ocean.
Rainville
- Categories: ressort of Suriname and locality
- Location: Paramaribo District, Suriname, South America
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Latitude
5.83407° or 5° 50′ 3″ northLongitude
-55.13816° or 55° 8′ 17″ westPopulation
22,700Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
68Q6RVM6+JPOpenStreetMap ID
node 5906584966OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3383188Wikidata ID
Q691495
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Rainville” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Rainville”
- Italian: “Rainville”
- Malayalam: “റെയിൻവില്ലെ, സുരിനാം”
- Malayalam: “റെയിൻവില്ലെ”
- Spanish: “Rainville”
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Highlights include De Dolfijn and Assembly of God Rainville.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rainville”. Photo: S23678, CC BY-SA 3.0.