Coronie is a district of Suriname

Suriname

Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...

, situated on the coast

Coast

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. Coronie's capital city

Capital City

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 is Totness, with other towns including Corneliskondre

Corneliskondre

Corneliskondre is a town in Suriname, located in the Sipaliwini district....

, Friendship

Friendship, Suriname

Friendship is a town in the Coronie district in Suriname.It originally was an old plantation, one of the many plantations that lay alongside the East West Connection from Nickerie to Paramaribo...

, Jenny

Jenny, Suriname

Jenny is a town on the East-West Link in Suriname, located in the Coronie district. It lies on the mouth of the Coppename River opposite the town of Boskamp, to which it is linked by the Coppename bridge....

. The district border the Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

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 to the north, the Surinamese district of Saramacca

Saramacca District

Saramacca is a district of Suriname, in the north. Saramacca's capital city is Groningen, with other towns and cities including Batavia and Boskamp.Saramacca has a population of 13,600 and an area of 3,636 km²....

 to the east, the Surinamese district of Sipaliwini to the south and the Surinamese district of Nickerie

Nickerie District

Nickerie is a district of Suriname, on the north-west coast. Nickerie's capital city is Nieuw-Nickerie, the second largest city in the country. Other towns include Washoda and Wageningen...

 to the west.

The district has a population of 3,480 and an area of 3,902 km².

Coronie, as with most of Suriname, relies mostly upon agriculture

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...

 for both its income and its food supply. The coastal environment

Natural environment

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 means that many coconut

Coconut

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 and rice

Rice

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 plantation

Plantation

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s exist.

In September 1965 4 sounding rockets of Apache type with a maximum altitude of 205 km were launched

Resorts

Coronie is divided into 3 resorts (ressorten):

• Johanna Maria
  Johanna Maria
  Johanna Maria is a resort in Suriname, located in the Coronie District. Its population at the 2004 census was 598.-References:...
  
  
• Totness
• Welgelegen
  Welgelegen, Coronie District
  Welgelegen is a resort in Suriname, located in the Coronie District. Its population at the 2004 census was 605.-References:...