South America
Suriname
Paramaribo District

Beekhuizen

Beekhuizen is a former sugarcane plantation and currently a resort in , located in the . Its population at the 2012 census was 17,185.
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  • Type: Village with 17,200 residents
  • Description: ressort in Paramaribo District, Suriname
  • Also known as: “Beekhuizen Ressort”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saronkerk and Arya Diwaker.

Church
Photo: Augusta Curiel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Hindu temple
Photo: Freek L. Bakker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Hindu association that built the biggest of . The temple attracts many visitors, both Hindus and non-Hindus, coming from and from all over the world. It is located in the city centre fields in .

Hospital
is a hospital in , . It was founded as the Protestant hospital of Paramaribo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Latour and Paramaribo.

Village
is a resort in , located in the . Its population at the 2012 census was 29,526. is a low income neighbourhood with large unemployment.

Photo: Sn.fernandez, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, 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.

Village
is a resort in , located in the . Its population at the 2012 census was 19,538. is both the name of the resort and the neighbourhood within the resort. is situated 2½ km northwest of Beekhuizen.

Beekhuizen

Latitude
5.80719° or 5° 48′ 26″ north
Longitude
-55.17462° or 55° 10′ 29″ west
Population
17,200
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
68Q6RR4G+V5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6589680072
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
8220949
Wiki­data ID
Q1757528
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Spanish—“Beekhuizen” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Beekhuizen”
  • German: “Beekhuizen”
  • Italian: “Beekhuizen”
  • Malayalam: “ബീക്ക്ഹുസൈൻ”
  • Polish: “Beekhuizen”
  • Russian: “Беекхёйзен”
  • Spanish: “Beekhuizen”

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