PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Feb.2025, Words: 1,500) — Suriname is located on the northern coast of South America, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Brazil to the South, Guyana to the West and French Guiana to the East.
Suriname is divided into several defined geographical areas: the narrow coastal zone, the new and old coastal plains, swampland and sandy ridges. As the smallest sovereign state in the continent, Suriname covers some 163,821 km2. Suriname’s original forest cover remains at 93% with a deforestation rate of less than 0.22%.
