NIEUW-NICKERIE

'Nieuw-Nickerie' (pronounced 'niekerie') is the third largest city in Suriname (after Paramaribo and Lelydorp), with a population of little over the 13.000^[1], and it is located in Nickerie district. It lies on the mouth of the Nickerie river on the Atlantic coast, opposite the mouth of the Corantijn river (Courantyne) and the Guyanese town of Corriverton (Springlands), to which a ferry service operates.
The main industries being bananas and rice. The town contains a market and several hotels, including the Hotel Ameerali, Hotel de President, Hotel Tropical, Hotel de Vesting and Residence Inn.