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unusual facts about Albina, Suriname



1814 in Ireland

27 May - Harriet Smithson makes her stage debut at the Crow Street Theatre, Dublin, as Albina Mandeville in Frederick Reynolds's The Will.

2010 Lidbondentoernooi

The first pool of the Oost Region featured Papatam, the Albina Region Champions, VIOS of the Commewijne District champions and Deva Boys, the Meerzorg District champions.

Akram Pahalwan

In 1968 Akram wrestled in Suriname, South America where he was beaten unconscious by the Dutch 10th-dan Judoka, three-time undefeated World Judo Champion (1961, 1964 and 1965) Anton Geesink.

Arya Samaj in Suriname

The arrival of Arya Samaj preachers in Suriname, in 1929, caused a rift in the Hindu community, between the followers of Sanatan Dharm and the Ārya Samāj.

Astrocaryum aculeatum

Astrocaryum aculeatum is found in and around the Amazon Basin, from Trinidad and Tobago in the north, through Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, the Brazilian states of Acre, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima and south through the Bolivian departments of Beni, Pando, Santa Cruz.

Bertram Falle, 1st Baron Portsea

In accordance with his wishes, his sister Albina (who died in 1957) made a bequest to the States of Jersey which became the "Lord Portsea Gift Fund".

Black-headed Parrot

It is found in forest (especially, but not exclusively, humid) and nearby wooded habitats in the Amazon north of the Amazon River and west of the Ucayali River in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

Cendrino Misidjan

Cendrino Misidjan (born 29 Augustus 1988 in Paramaribo) is a Dutch professional footballer of Surinamese descent who currently plays as a defender for Sparta Rotterdam in the Dutch Eerste Divisie.

Chan Santokhi

At the 2010 parliamentary elections Santokhi had, despite being placed low on the voters list of the Progressive Reform Party, second most votes nationwide (Desi Bouterse had the most).

The Progressive Reform Party, which was once a Hindustani party, has grown, since the appointment of Santokhi as chairman, into a multi-ethnical party which, according to current statistics, is the second biggest political party in Suriname.

In September, 2005, Santokhi was sworn in as Minister of Justice and Police on behalf of the Progressive Reform Party.

D. minutus

Dendrophryniscus minutus, a toad species found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and possibly Venezuela

December murders

After their abduction, the fifteen victims were transported to Fort Zeelandia, the then headquarters of Bouterse and his soldiers in Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname.

Dennis Baino

Baino played club football in Suriname, Belgium and the Netherlands for Transvaal, Verbroedering Denderhoutem, Cappellen, KV Wevelgem City, Tournai, KSV Rumbeke and USV Elinkwijk.

First Balkenende cabinet

Philomena Bijlhout, the staatssecretaris (Undersecretary, or junior minister) for Social Affairs and Work Opportunity and a member of the LPF, resigned after RTL 4 reported that she had been a member of a militia of Surinamese military dictator Dési Bouterse in 1982 and 1983.

Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham

During this time he also sent a small colonizing party to Suriname, which established Fort Willoughby (now Paramaribo) in honor of the governor.

Freckled catshark

The freckled catshark, Scyliorhinus haeckelii, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found on the continental shelf and upper slope from the western Atlantic from western Venezuela, Suriname, Brazil, and Uruguay between latitudes 11° N and 32° S.

Golden Star Resources

In Suriname there is a projects in Saramacca, a joint venture with Newmont Overseas Exploration Limited 100 km south of Paramaribo, next to the Rosebel Gold Mine project from IAMGOLD and the Benzdorp Gold Project at the eastern border of Suriname.

Guno Berenstein

Guno Berenstein (born December 18, 1967 in Nickerie, Suriname) is a Dutch judoka who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the men's extra-lightweight division.

Ilfred Piar

On 14 November 2013, Piar made his international debut for Bonaire against Suriname in the 2013 ABCS Tournament.

Jagernath Lachmon

Jagernath Lachmon, also Jaggernath Lachmon, (Corantijnpolder, 21 September 1916 - The Hague, 19 October 2001) was a Surinamese politician of Indian descent.

Kali'na people

In Suriname, they are a strong presence on the left bank of the Maroni River and on the banks of the Coppename River.

Ken Monkou

Kenneth John "Ken" Monkou (born 29 November 1964 in Nickerie in Suriname) is a retired Dutch footballer who played in a defensive role.

Kenneth Martin Willett

While en route from Cape Town, South Africa to Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana, his freighter was attacked on September 27, 1942 by two enemy surface raiders.

KTPI

Kerukanan Tulodo Pranatan Ingit (KTPI) - Party for National Unity and Solidarity, Suriname

Maarten Atmodikoro

Maarten Atmodikoro (born February 4, 1971 in Paramaribo, Suriname) is a retired football defender from the Netherlands, who started his professional career in the 1989/1990 season for Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging.

Melvin Wandelaar

Melvin Wandelaar (born 2 January 1990) is a Dutch footballer who plays for SV Robinhood of the Surinamese Hoofdklasse.

Moiwana

In August 2005, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered Suriname to pay 3 million USD in compensation to 130 survivors of the massacre, and to establish a 1.2 million USD fund for the development of Moiwana.

Morrison-Knudsen

MK was also involved in the construction of rail projects such as the BART extension (M-K also built 80 C2 cars for BART in 1994) and the single track Apoera-Bakhuys railway in Suriname (1976–1977).

Ndyuka

Ndyuka language, a creole language of Suriname, spoken by the Ndyuka people

New Amsterdam

In return, they were granted the tiny Island of Run in North Maluku, rich in nutmegs, and a guarantee for their de facto possession of Suriname, captured by them that year.

O. rex

Oecomys rex, the regal oecomys or king arboreal rice rat, a rodent species found in Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and nearby parts of Venezuela and Brazil

Onafhankelijkheidsplein

Before the independence of Suriname from the Netherlands in 1975, it was also called the Oranjeplein (Orange Square) and the Gouvernementsplein (Gouvernment Square).

Paloemeu

Paloemeu is a small Amerindian village in the interior of Suriname, situated at the site where the Paloemeu River joins the Tapanahoni River.

Pondok Pesantren Minhaajurrosyidiin Jakarta

Santriwan-santriwati from all over Indonesia and from abroad, from Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Suriname and Vietnam.

Roger Khan

In the cables there are also reports that Khan and Bouterse, who is the current president of Suriname, have met each other several times 2006 in Nickerie at the home of Bouterse's party member Rashied Doekhi to discuss cocaine trafficking and plot to murder then Suriname's minister of Justice Chan Santokhi and Suriname's attorney general Subhaas Punwasi.

Roman Catholicism in Suriname

Roman Catholicism in Suriname is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, and is under the spiritual leadership of the Bishop of Rome, Pope Benedict XVI.

Ronnie

Ronnie Brunswijkstadion, an association football stadium located in Moengo, Suriname

Rudy Degenaar

Ruud "Rudy" Degenaar (August 21, 1963 – June 7, 1989 near Zanderij Airport) was a Dutch-Suriname footballer.

Semirossia tenera

S. tenera is possibly also present in the southwest Atlantic, specifically off the coasts of Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, and Uruguay, although the latter records are questionable.

Signa Vianen

Signa Vianen is one of the few locals who helped edit the original database for the 2005 Prisma Sranan Tongo dictionary, an overview of Sranan (the main dialect in Suriname) words and verbal expressions (first selection ever translated into Dutch ánd vice versa).

STVS

STVS (Surinaamse Televisie Stichting) is a television network in Suriname and was founded in 1965 by Prime Minister Johan Adolf Pengel.

Suriname at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Freestyle swimmer Chinyere Pigot, an accounting student at the University of Connecticut, was Suriname's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

T. aurea

Tabebuia aurea, a plant species native to South America in Suriname, Brazil, eastern Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay and northern Argentina

Varina Tjon-A-Ten

Her paternal grandfather came from mainland China to Suriname, but she herself is a moksi watra (mixed blood): one of her great-grandmothers was a Brahmin Indian from British Guyana who married a Scot, and she also has Dutch and Jewish ancestry.

Venetiaan

Ronald Venetiaan (born 1936), Suriname politician and former President

Willy Soemita

His father Iding Soemita was born in West Java and came as a contract labourer to Suriname where he founded the political party Kaum Tani Persatuan Indonesia (KTPI) in 1949.

Yash Daryanani

Daryanani trained with the 1988 Olympics 100m butterfly gold medallist Anthony Ne­sty’s coach Kenneth MacDonald, and made waves in international meets as a proficient swimmer representing Suriname.


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