FACTS & FIGURES

POPULATION 431,303 (Jul 00 est.)

AREA 163,270 sq. km. Slightly larger than the state of Georgia

CURRENCY Suriname Guilder

EXCHANGE 1 U.S. dollar=976.095 SRG (August 2001 est.)

CAPITAL CITY Paramaribo

GDP Suiname’s GDP is US$1.48 billion

RESOURCES The country’s natural resources include timber, hydropower, fish, kaolin, shrimp, bauxite, gold, and small amounts of nickel, copper, platinum and iron ore

INDUSTRIES Bauxite and gold mining, alumina and aluminum production, lumbering, food processing and fishing