Guiana
DUTCH, or SURINAM, a colony of the Netherlands in the N. E. part of South America; bounded by Brazil, British Guiana, French Guiana, and the Atlantic Ocean; area, 46,050 square miles; capital, Paramaribo. The surface is low low along a the coast, gradually increasing in elevation toward the mountains in the S. The principal products and exports are sugar, cocoa, bananas, coffee, rice, maize, rum, molasses, and gold. There are public schools, savings banks, and steamship lines. In 1667 Dutch Guiana was ceded to the Netherlands by Great Britain in exchange for New Netherlands. It was held by the British in 1799-1802, and again in 1804-1816, when it was returned to the Netherlands with several other Dutch colonies. Pop. (1919) 167,827.