Nickerie District
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Key facts
- Country
- Suriname
- Capital
- Nieuw-Nickerie
- Total
- 5,353 km (2,067 sq mi)
- Density
- 6.395/km (16.56/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC-3
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Encyclopedic overview
Nickerie is a predominantly rural district of Suriname located on the north-west coast. Nickerie's capital city is Nieuw-Nickerie. The district borders the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Coronie to the east, Sipaliwini to the south and East Berbice-Corentyne in Guyana to the west.
Nickerie has a population of 36.639 (2004) and an area of 5,353 km. Nickerie's population includes East Indian, Javanese, Afro-Surinamese, Chinese, and Europeans.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nickerie District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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