Nickerie

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Nickerie (disambiguation) .

Nickerie District
Location of Nickerie District in Suriname
Data
Capital	Nieuw-Nickerie
population	34,233 ( 2012 Census )
surface	5,353 km²
Population density	6.4 inhabitants / km²
structure	5 departments
Rivers	Nickerie Corantijn
Nickerie's departments
The old Nickerie District Commissioner

Nickerie is a district in the extreme northwest of Suriname , it borders in the east on the district Coronie , in the south on the district Sipaliwini and in the west on Guyana , the border river is the Corantijn . The district has an area of ​​5,353 km² and has 34,233 inhabitants. The main town is Nieuw-Nickerie , the second largest city in the country after Paramaribo . The Nickerie district is represented by five members of parliament ( De Nationale Assemblée ).

Economy and Development

The main branch of the economy is agriculture, especially rice cultivation , with the focus in Wageningen .

A relatively large part of the south of the Sipaliwini district is claimed by Guyana , so there are few border crossings. The most important - a ferry connection over the Corantijn to Corriverton - is located a few kilometers south of the main town of Nieuw-Nickerie.

Administrative division

The Nickerie district is in turn divided into the following five departments (decentralized):

• Henar
• Nieuw-Nickerie
• Oostelijke Polders
• Wageningen
• Westelijke Polders

literature

• CFA Bruijning, J. Voorhoeve (main editor): Encyclopedie van Suriname. Elsevier , Amsterdam, Brussel 1977, ISBN 90-10-01842-3 , pp. 425-427.

Web links

Commons : Nickerie District  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Guide to the decentralization of Suriname 2003–2012 , PDF document from the Ministry of Regional Development, Dutch

Coordinates: 5 ° 46 ′  N , 56 ° 52 ′  W