Suriname Communications

Country Name: Republic of Suriname

Capital City: Paramaribo

Population: 439,117 (July 2006)

Population Growth: 0.2% (2006 est.)

Currency: Surinam dollar (SRD)

Languages: Dutch (official), English (widely spoken)

Area: 163,270 sq km

Inflation Rate: 9.5% (2005 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 9.5% (2004)

Domain extension: .sr

COMMUNICATIONS OF SURINAME

Telephones - main lines in use:

81,100 (2004)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

232,800 (2005)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 4, FM 13, shortwave 1 (1998)

Television broadcast stations:

3 (plus 7 repeaters) (2000)

Internet country code:

.sr

Internet hosts:

126 (2006)

Internet users:

30,000 (2005)

International dialing code: