Editing Suriname (section)

===Administrative divisions===
{{main|Districts of Suriname|Resorts of Suriname}}
[[File:Suriname, administrative divisions - Nmbrs - colored.svg|225px|right|Districts of Suriname]]
The country is divided into ten administrative districts, each headed by a district commissioner appointed by the president, who also has the power of dismissal. Suriname is further subdivided into 62 resorts (ressorten).

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! #|
! District 
! Capital 
! Area (km<sup>2</sup>) 
! Area (%)
! Population <br /> (2012 census)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geohive.com/cntry/suriname.aspx|title=Suriname at GeoHive|publisher=Geohive.com|access-date=13 July 2014}}</ref>
! Population (%)
! Pop. dens. (inhabitants/km<sup>2</sup>)
|-
| '''1'''|| [[Nickerie District|Nickerie]]|| [[Nieuw Nickerie]]||align=right| 5,353||align=right|3.3||align=right| 34,233||align=right|6.3||align=right|6.4
|-
| '''2'''|| [[Coronie District|Coronie]]|| [[Totness, Suriname|Totness]]||align=right| 3,902||align=right|2.4||align=right| 3,391||align=right|0.6||align=right|0.9
|-
| '''3'''|| [[Saramacca District|Saramacca]]|| [[Groningen, Suriname|Groningen]]||align=right| 3,636||align=right| 2.2||align=right| 17,480||align=right|3.2||align=right|4.8
|-
| '''4'''|| [[Wanica District|Wanica]]|| [[Lelydorp]]||align=right| 443||align=right|0.3||align=right| 118,222||align=right|21.8||align=right|266.9
|-
| '''5'''|| [[Paramaribo District|Paramaribo]]|| [[Paramaribo]]||align=right| 182||align=right| 0.1||align=right| 240,924||align=right|44.5||align=right|1323.8
|-
| '''6'''|| [[Commewijne District|Commewijne]]|| [[Nieuw Amsterdam, Suriname|Nieuw-Amsterdam]]||align=right| 2,353||align=right|1.4||align="right"| 31,420||align=right|5.8||align=right|13.4
|-
| '''7'''|| [[Marowijne District|Marowijne]]|| [[Albina, Suriname|Albina]]||align=right| 4,627||align=right|2.8||align=right| 18,294||align=right|3.4||align=right|4.0
|-
| '''8'''|| [[Para District|Para]]|| [[Onverwacht, Suriname|Onverwacht]]||align=right| 5,393||align=right|3.3||align=right| 24,700||align=right|4.6||align=right|4.6
|-
| '''9'''|| [[Sipaliwini District|Sipaliwini]]|| none||align=right| 130,567||align=right|79.7||align=right| 37,065||align=right|6.8||align=right|0.3
|-
| '''10'''|| [[Brokopondo District|Brokopondo]]|| [[Brokopondo]]||align=right| 7,364||align=right|4.5||align=right| 15,909||align=right| 2.9||align=right|2.2
|- class="sortbottom"
||| '''SURINAME'''|| '''Paramaribo'''||align="right"|'''163,820'''||align="right"| '''100.0'''||align="right"|'''541,638'''||align="right"|'''100.0'''||align=right|'''3.3'''
|}