Oost
Oost is a resort in Suriname, located in the Para District. Its population at the 2012 census was 8,016. The main town in the resort is Paranam. Oost is also home to the former leper colony Bethesda.
- Type: ressort of Suriname
- Description: resort in Suriname
- Also known as: “Oost-Para” and “Oost, Suriname”
Oost
- Location: Para District, Suriname, South America
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Latitude
5.5042° or 5° 30′ 15″ north
Longitude
-55.1057° or 55° 6′ 21″ west
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
Open location code
68Q6GV3V+MP
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Oost” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Oost-Para”
- Italian: “Para-Oost”
- Japanese: “オースト”
- Polish: “Oost”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Oost, Surinam”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Oost”
- Spanish: “Oost-Para”
- Urdu: “اوست، سورینام”
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