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Suriname
Nickerie District

Nieuw Nickerie

Nieuw Nickerie is the third largest city in with a population estimated at 12,818. It is the capital city of the , and the terminus of the East-West Link.
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  • Type: Town with 13,000 residents
  • Description: populated place in Suriname
  • Also known as: “New Nickerie” and “Nickerie”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Volksplein (Nieuw-Nickerie) and Asraf Peerkhan Stadion.

Park
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is a park.

Pitch
, formerly the Nickerie Voetbal Stadion, is a football stadium in Nieuw Nickerie, , . The stadium has a capacity of 3,400 visitors.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Paradise.

Village
is a village in the of . It has a population of about 966 residents. The village is located about two kilometers from the town of Nieuw Nickerie. is situated 8 km southeast of Nieuw Nickerie.

Nieuw Nickerie

Latitude
5.94206° or 5° 56′ 31″ north
Longitude
-56.98935° or 56° 59′ 22″ west
Population
13,000
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
IATA airport code
ICK
United Nations Location Code
SR ICK
Open location code
68Q5W2R6+R7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 313714478
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3383427
Wiki­data ID
Q738313
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Veps—“Nieuw Nickerie” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Nieuw Nickerie”
  • Chinese: “新尼克里”
  • Croatian: “Nieuw Nickerie”
  • Dutch: “Nieuw-Nickerie”
  • Esperanto: “Nieuw Nickerie”
  • Finnish: “Nieuw-Nickerie”
  • French: “Nieuw Nickerie”
  • German: “Nieuw-Nickerie”
  • Hebrew: “ניאב ניקרי”
  • Italian: “Nieuw Nickerie”
  • Japanese: “ニウ・ニッケリー”
  • Japanese: “ニウニッケリー”
  • Korean: “뉴니케리”
  • Korean: “니우니케리”
  • Lithuanian: “Naujasis Nikeris”
  • Malagasy: “Nieuw Nickerie”
  • Moksha: “Ньив-Никкэри”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nieuw Nickerie”
  • Persian: “نیو نیکری”
  • Polish: “Nieuw Nickerie”
  • Portuguese: “Nieuw Nickerie”
  • Romanian: “Nieuw Nickerie”
  • Russian: “Ньив-Никкери”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nieuw Nickerie”
  • Sinhala: “නියුව් නිකරි, සුරිනාමය”
  • Spanish: “Nieuw Nickerie”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Nieuw Nickerie”
  • Ukrainian: “Ньїв-Ніккері”
  • Urdu: “نیو نیکاری”
  • Veps: “Uz‘ Nikkeri”
  • Veps: “Uz’ Nikkeri”

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