South America
Suriname
Commewijne District

Meerzorg

Meerzorg is a town and resort in , located on the eastern bank of the , directly opposite the capital . Its population at the 2012 census was 12,405.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Presidential Palace of Suriname and Onafhankelijkheidsplein.

Government office
Photo: Ian Mackenzie, CC BY 2.0.
The is the presidential palace of in the capital of . 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.

Park
Photo: Forrestjunky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a in , the capital of Suriname. The square is situated in the historical inner city, near the and the .

Church
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The Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Peter and Paul, also called , is a wooden Roman Catholic cathedral located in the centre of the capital city of . is situated 2½ km northwest of Meerzorg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rainville and Beekhuizen.

Village
is a resort in Suriname, located in the . Its population at the 2012 census was 22,747. The resort is home to the . is situated 3 km north of Meerzorg.

Village
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is a former sugarcane plantation and currently a resort in , located in the . Its population at the 2012 census was 17,185. is situated 3½ km west of Meerzorg.

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, often called Par'bo, is the lively capital and only city of the sparsely inhabited country of . Home to about 240,000 people, or over half of the country's population, this laid-back gem lies 15 km from the Atlantic Ocean.

Meerzorg

Latitude
5.808° or 5° 48′ 29″ north
Longitude
-55.14301° or 55° 8′ 35″ west
Population
12,400
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
United Nations Location Code
SR MZG
Open location code
68Q6RV54+5Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8945112887
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3383527
Wiki­data ID
Q1018882
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Urdu—“Meerzorg” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Мерзорг”
  • Catalan: “Meerzorg”
  • Cebuano: “Meerzorg”
  • Chinese: “梅尔佐格”
  • Chinese: “梅爾佐格”
  • Dutch: “Meersorgh”
  • Dutch: “Meerzorg (plantage)”
  • Dutch: “Meerzorg”
  • French: “Meerzorg”
  • German: “Meerzorg”
  • Irish: “Meerzorg”
  • Italian: “Meerzorg”
  • Japanese: “ミーアゾーグ”
  • Japanese: “メールゾルグ”
  • Malayalam: “മീർസോർഗ്”
  • Moksha: “Мэрзорг”
  • Northern Frisian: “Meerzorg”
  • Persian: “میرزگ”
  • Polish: “Meerzorg”
  • Portuguese: “Meerzorg”
  • Russian: “Мерзорг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Meerzorg”
  • Spanish: “Meerzorg”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Ansu”
  • Ukrainian: “Мерзорг”
  • Ukrainian: “Мерзорґ”
  • Urdu: “میرزورگ”

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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 “Meerzorg”. Photo: Humbert-L-Siegers, CC BY-SA 4.0.