South America
Suriname
Commewijne District

Nieuw Amsterdam

Nieuw Amsterdam is the capital of the in . It is a small coastal town situated at the confluence of the and , just across from , the country's capital.
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  • Type: Village with 1,200 residents
  • Description: resort of Suriname
  • Also known as: “Fort Amsterdam”, “Fort Neu-Amsterdam”, “Fort New Amsterdam”, “Nieuw Amsterdam, Suriname”, and “Nw. Amsterdam, CM, SR”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam.

Photo: Jakob van der Schley, Public domain.
is a fort in built from 1734 to 1747 at the confluence of the and rivers. It is open to the public as an open-air museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mariënburg and Johan & Margaretha.

Hamlet
Photo: Gonggrijp, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a former sugarcane plantation, factory and village, situated in the district of , in northern . is situated 4½ km east of Nieuw Amsterdam.

Village
Johan & Margaretha or sometimes just Margaretha is a resort in , located in the . Its population at the 2012 census was 756. is situated 5 km east of Nieuw Amsterdam.

Village
is a resort in , located in the . Its population at the 2012 census was 9,703. is mainly an agricultural area, and has a school. is situated 6 km southwest of Nieuw Amsterdam.

Nieuw Amsterdam

Latitude
5.88042° or 5° 52′ 50″ north
Longitude
-55.08496° or 55° 5′ 6″ west
Population
1,200
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
68Q6VWJ8+52
Open­Street­Map ID
node 281552634
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3383434
Wiki­data ID
Q762619
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Nieuw Amsterdam” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Nieuw Amsterdam (Surinam)”
  • Asturian: “Nieuw Amsterdam”
  • Cebuano: “Nieuw Amsterdam”
  • Chinese: “新阿姆斯特丹”
  • Dutch: “Nieuw-Amsterdam”
  • Dutch: “Nw. Amsterdam, CM, SR”
  • Esperanto: “Nova Amsterdamo”
  • French: “Nieuw Amsterdam”
  • French: “Nieuw-Amsterdam”
  • German: “Nieuw-Amsterdam”
  • Italian: “Nieuw Amsterdam”
  • Japanese: “ニウ・アムステルダム”
  • Korean: “뉴암스테르담”
  • Korean: “니우암스테르담”
  • Lithuanian: “Naujasis Amsterdamas”
  • Moksha: “Ньив-Амстэрдам”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nieuw Amsterdam”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nieuw-Amsterdam”
  • Persian: “نیو آمستردام، سورینام”
  • Persian: “نیو آمستردام”
  • Polish: “Nieuw Amsterdam”
  • Portuguese: “Nieuw Amsterdam”
  • Portuguese: “Nova Amsterdã”
  • Portuguese: “Nova Amsterdão”
  • Romanian: “Nieuw Amsterdam, Surinam”
  • Romanian: “Nieuw Amsterdam”
  • Russian: “Ньив-Амстердам”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nieuw Amsterdam, Surinam”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nieuw Amsterdam”
  • Sinhala: “නියු ඇම්ස්ටර්ඩෑම්, සුරිනාමය”
  • Slovenian: “Nieuw Amsterdam”
  • Spanish: “Nieuw Amsterdam”
  • Spanish: “Nueva Ámsterdam”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Nieuw Amsterdam”
  • Ukrainian: “Ньїв-Амстердам”
  • Urdu: “نیو ایمسٹرڈیم، سرینام”
  • Urdu: “نیو ایمسٹرڈیم”
  • Western Frisian: “Nij-Amsterdam”

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