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Suriname ( / ˈ s ʊr ᵻ n æ m / , / ˈ s ʊr ᵻ n ɑː m / or / ˈ s ʊr ᵻ n ə m / , also spelled Surinam ), officially known as the Republic of Suriname ( Dutch : Republiek Suriname , Dutch pronunciation: [ˌreːpyˈblik ˌsyːriˈnaːmə] ), is a sovereign state on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west and Brazil to the south. At just under 165,000 km 2 (64,000 sq mi) , it is the smallest country in South America. Suriname has a population o
Originally inhabited by a number of indigenous tribes, Suriname was explored and contested by European powers before coming under Dutch rule in the late 17th century. In 1948 the country gained autonomy and in 1954 it became one of the constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands . On 25 November 1975, the country of Suriname left the Kingdom of the Netherlands to become an independent state, nonetheless maintaining close economic, diplomatic, and cultural ties to its former colonizer.