Surinam (English colony)
Colony of Surinam | |||||||||
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| 1650–1667 | |||||||||
| Status | Colony of the Kingdom of England | ||||||||
| Capital | Paramaribo | ||||||||
| Common languages | English (official) Akurio, Arawak-Lokono, Carib-Kari'nja, Sikiana-Kashuyana, Tiro-Tiriyó, Waiwai, Warao, Wayana | ||||||||
| Religion | Christianity Native American religions | ||||||||
| Government | Constitutional monarchy | ||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||
• 1650–1654 | Anthony Rowse | ||||||||
• 1654–1667 | William Byam | ||||||||
| Legislature | House of Burgesses | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1650 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1667 | ||||||||
| Currency | Pound sterling Spanish dollar | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Suriname | ||||||||
Surinam, also known as Willoughbyland, was a short-lived early English colony in South America in what is now Suriname. It was founded in 1650 by Lord Willoughby when he was the Royalist Governor of Barbados.