Paranam
Sign in to saveParanam is a town in the Para District, Suriname. Paranam was created in 1938 for a bauxite factory. In 1965, an aluminium smelter was added. The factories closed down in 2017.
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- Settlement.name
- Paranam
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Paranam_2.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Suralco bauxite factory at Paranam
- Settlement.pop_est_as_of
- -
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- Suriname
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- Location within Suriname
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Para District
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Resort
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Oost
- Settlement.timezone
- ART
- Settlement.utc_offset
- -3
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Paranam
- Country
- Suriname
- Located in
- Para District
- Population
- 1800
- Time zone
- UTC−03:00
- Body of water
- Suriname River
- Image
- Paranam 2.JPG
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- Paranam
- inception
- 1938-00-00
- Commons category
- Paranam, Suriname
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Paranam is a town in the Para District, Suriname. Paranam was created in 1938 for a bauxite factory. In 1965, an aluminium smelter was added. The factories closed down in 2017.
==History== There used to be a little hamlet called Klein Curaçao at the location. Paranam was created in 1938 when Alcoa began building a plant to support new mining areas along the Suriname River. Built on a former plantation, the facility was called Paranam after the Para and Suriname Rivers which border the mining concession areas. The Paranam mine began operations in 1941. Alcoa operates worldwide through joint ventures, and the operation in Suriname is called The Suriname Aluminum Company (or Suralco). A market and a theatre were built in town, however most workers remained in Paramaribo.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paranam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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