Zuid, Suriname


Zuid is a resort in Suriname, located in the Para District. Its population at the 2012 census was 6,113. The main ethnic groups are indigenous, Creoles, and mixed race.
The main town in the Zuid resort is Onverwacht which is also the capital of the District. Other villages in Zuid are Berlijn, Sabakoe and Zanderij which is near the Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport, the main airport of Suriname.

Republiek

Republiek is a village, and a holiday resort in Zuid. Republiek consists of the two wood plantation Mijnhoop and Valkenburg which were merged in 1884 into Republiek. The name is based on Post Republiek, a military outpost which already existed in 1793. The military outpost was manned by 24 freed slaves at the time. In 1905, the first part of the Lawa Railway between Paramaribo and Republiek opened. The railway station turned Republiek in a holiday resort. In 1987, the train station closed, but Republiek remained a holiday resort. The village is home to about 50 people. Since 1933, Republiek provides the drinking water for Paramaribo and Wanica.