Groningen | |
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Town and resort | |
 Groningen (before 1929) | |
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  Groningen Location in Suriname | |
| Coordinates: 5°48′0″N 55°28′0″W / 5.80000°N 55.46667°W | |
| Country |  Suriname |
| District | Saramacca District |
| Founded | 1790 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 57 km2 (22 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2012)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,818 |
| • Density | 49/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Groningen is the capital town of the Saramacca District, Suriname.
Groningen only began to grow after 1960. Around that time the East-West Link, a road linking Albina via Paramaribo to Nieuw Nickerie was built. This let Groningen become accessible by road.
The town features: an office of the district commissioner; a post office; an office for the police commander, an office of the State health foundation(SZF) and the J. Eliazer football stadium, named after the founder of the Football Federation of Saramacca and president.[2] There is also a Moravian Church and a Roman Catholic church.
In 1910, a nursing home for yaws sufferers was established. It was closed after it was discovered that the disease could be cured within days by applying Salvarsan.[3]
- ^ "Resorts in Suriname Census 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "Eliazer, Jacques, Jean; De eerste Surinaamse sportencyclopedie (1893-1988)". Alberga, Paramaribo. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "Distrikt Saramacca". Suriname.nu (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 January 2022.