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unusual facts about Alkmaar, Suriname



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.

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.

Claes Jacobsz van der Heck

According to Houbraken who mentions that he was listed on the last page of the Schilder-boeck, his works hung in the Alkmaar city hall when he was writing, and he mentions landscape views of Egmond Abbey, a Judgment of Solomon, portraits, and other historical allegories.

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.

Dutch municipal elections, 2014

Likewise, the municipalities of Alkmaar, Schermer and Graft-De Rijp, as well as the municipalities of Bergambacht, Nederlek, Ouderkerk, Schoonhoven and Vlist will merge as of 1 January 2015 and will have their elections in November this year.

Erik Mohs

:1st, European Championship, Track, Madison, U23, Alkmaar

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.

François Pervis

Pervis also finished second in the Sprint Omnium at the European Track Championships in Alkmaar

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.

Green politics

In June 1970 in the Netherlands a group called Kabouters won 5 of the 45 seats on the Amsterdam Gemeenteraad (City Council), as well as two seats each on councils in The Hague and Leeuwarden and one seat apiece in Arnhem, Alkmaar and Leiden.

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.

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.

Krommenie

From here there are 4 trains an hour to Amsterdam in one direction and Uitgeest - Alkmaar in the other, with a journey time of 25 minutes.

KTPI

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

Lady of all Nations

Peerdeman was born on 13 August 1905 in the city of Alkmaar, in the Netherlands.

Ludolph Hendrik van Oyen

Hendrik Ludolph van Oyen began his military career at the cadet school in Alkmaar from 1906, then, until 1911, at the Royal Military Academy in Breda.

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.

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.

Petrus Vuyst

Vuyst was born in Batavia as the son of Hendrik Vuyst of Alkmaar (1656-1705) and Maria de Nijs.

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

TAQA

In addition, in 2006 TAQA acquired BP Nederland Energie B.V. Through this acquisition, TAQA get onshore and off-shore production assets, including the Piek Gas Installatie facility in Alkmaar, the project of the largest offshore LNG Regas facilities utilizing the depleted field P15/P18 just off the port of Rotterdam, and partnership in the Bergermeer gas storage project.

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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