Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam
Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam is a fort in Suriname built from 1734 to 1747 at the confluence of the Suriname and Commewijne rivers. It is open to the public as an open-air museum.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jakob van der Schley, Public domain.
- Type: Common land
- Description: fort near Nieuw-Amsterdam, Suriname
- Also known as: “Fort Nieuw Amsterdam”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nieuw Amsterdam and Mariënburg.
Nieuw Amsterdam
Village
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.
Mariënburg
Hamlet
Photo: Gonggrijp, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mariënburg is a former sugarcane plantation, factory and village, situated in the district of Commewijne, in northern Suriname. Mariënburg is situated 5 km east of Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam.
Noord
Village
Noord is a resort in Suriname, located in the Para District. Its population at the 2012 census was 9,703. Noord is mainly an agricultural area, and has a school. Noord is situated 5 km southwest of Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam.
Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam
- Categories: fort, recreation area, and historic site
- Location: Commewijne District, Suriname, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
5.88802° or 5° 53′ 17″ northLongitude
-55.09173° or 55° 5′ 30″ westOpen location code
68Q6VWQ5+68OpenStreetMap ID
way 135643181OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=commonWikidata ID
Q2476520
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن نيو امستردام”
- Japanese: “ニーウ・アムステルダム要塞”
- Japanese: “フォート・ニュー・アムステルダム”
- Polish: “Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam”
- Russian: “Ньив-Амстердам”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam”
- Spanish: “Fuerte Nueva Ámsterdam”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Telecom museum and Districtscommissariaat Commewijne.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Museum cafe and RGD Poli Nw-Amsterdam.
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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 “Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam”. Photo: Jakob van der Schley, Public domain.