Nieuw Amsterdam
Nieuw Amsterdam is the capital of the Commewijne District in Suriname. It is a small coastal town situated at the confluence of the Suriname River and Commewijne River, just across from Paramaribo, the country's capital.
- Village with about 5,650 residents
- Description: resort of Suriname
- Also known as“Fort Amsterdam”“Fort Neu-Amsterdam”“Fort New Amsterdam”“Nieuw Amsterdam, Suriname”“Nw. Amsterdam, CM, SR”
Places of Interest
Discover Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam.
Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam
Jakob van der Schley, Public domain.
Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam is a fort in Suriname built from…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mariënburg and Johan & Margaretha.
Mariënburg
Mariënburg is a former sugarcane plantation, factory…
4½ km east of Nieuw Amsterdam
Johan & Margaretha
Johan & Margaretha, also simply known as Margaretha…
5 km east of Nieuw Amsterdam
Noord
Noord is a resort in Suriname, located in the Para District.
6 km southwest of Nieuw Amsterdam
Nieuw Amsterdam
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Latitude
5.88042° or 5° 52′ 50″ north
Longitude
-55.08496° or 55° 5′ 6″ west
Open location code
68Q6VWJ8+52
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Western Frisian—“Nieuw Amsterdam” goes by many names.
ኒው አምስተርዳምAmharic
نيو أمستردامArabic
Nieuw AmsterdamAsturian
Nieuw Amsterdam (Surinam)Asturian
Yeni AmsterdamAzerbaijani
নিউ এমস্টার্ডামBengali
Nieuw AmsterdamCebuano
新阿姆斯特丹Chinese
Nieuw-AmsterdamDutch
Nw. Amsterdam, CM, SRDutch
Nova AmsterdamoEsperanto
Sabuwar AmsterdamHausa
निऊ आम्स्टर्डामHindi
न्यू एम्स्टर्डमHindi
Nieuw AmsterdamIndonesian
Nieuw AmsterdamItalian
ニウ・アムステルダムJapanese
ニューアムステルダムJapanese
Nieuw AmsterdamJavanese
Нивю-АмстердамKazakh
Нивю-АмстердамKirghiz
뉴암스테르담Korean
니우암스테르담Korean
Naujasis AmsterdamasLithuanian
Nieuw AmsterdamMalay
Ньив-АмстэрдамMoksha
Nieuw-AmsterdamNorthern Frisian
Nieuw AmsterdamOromo
ਨਿਊ ਐਮਸਟਰਡੈਮPanjabi
نیو آمستردامPersian
Nieuw AmsterdamPolish
نيو أمستردامPushto
Nieuw AmsterdamRomanian
Nieuw Amsterdam, SurinamRomanian
Нивю-АмстердамRussian
Ньив-АмстердамRussian
Nieuw AmsterdamSerbo-Croatian
Nieuw Amsterdam, SurinamSerbo-Croatian
නියු ඇම්ස්ටර්ඩෑම්, සුරිනාමයSinhala
Nieuw AmsterdamSlovenian
Nieuw AmsterdamSomali
Nieuw AmsterdamSranan Tongo
Nieuw AmsterdamSwahili
Нивю-АмстердамTajik
Нивю-АмстердамTatar
Yeni AmsterdamTurkish
Ньїв-АмстердамUkrainian
نیو ایمسٹرڈیمUrdu
نیو ایمسٹرڈیم، سرینامUrdu
Nieuw AmsterdamUzbek
Nij-AmsterdamWestern Frisian
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