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Paranam is a town in the district of Para in Suriname, located on the left bank of the Suriname River. In 1977 the town had about 1,800 inhabitants. By Surinamese standards it has good facilities, there is a medical service and there are a number of shops.
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Paranam emerged as a mining village in the late 1930s, after the Suriname Aluminum Company (Suralco) discovered bauxite in the area. The former plantation grounds were used to build houses. Thirty years later, an aluminum factory and an aluminum smelter settled in the village, transforming Paranam from a mining village into a factory town and becoming the largest industrial complex in Suriname.
A 70-kilometer high-voltage power line supplies the energy from the hydroelectric power station at the Brokopondo reservoir in afobaka to the aluminum smelter in Paranam.
Arrive
Paranam is located on the Martin Luther Kingweg/Afobakaweg, the important road of Paramaribo to the Brokopondos reservoir (also called the Van Blommesteinmeer).
Travel around
Paranam is an ideal stopping point for those wishing to visit the Brokopondo reservoir. After all, it is the largest place along the Martin Luther Kingweg.
To look at
In the town you will find factory houses, sports fields and swimming pools.
To do
Take a nature walk along the "wetland trail" of the Stichting Natuurbeheer Suriname. The path runs through the swamp area (swamp) of the former cotton plantation "Klein Curaçao".
To buy
Paranam is a mining town, visitors can take home a piece of bauxite as a souvenir.
Food
If you want to eat in a real restaurant, you have to drive a little further to Unexpected.
Going out
The nightlife in the small industrial and mining town of Paranam is very minimal.
stay overnight
There are no hotels in Paranam, who wants to spend the night there must find another solution.
all around
- Domburg
- Unexpected (the largest city and capital of the Para district).
- Afobaka (town on the Brokopondo reservoir)
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