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Surinamese people are the citizens of Suriname and their descendants abroad. Suriname is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds. As a result, Surinamese do not consider their nationality as an ethnicity but as a citizenship with various ethnicities. == Ethnic groups == The population of Suriname is a mixture of different ethnic groups: *East Indians form 27% of the population. They are descendants of 19th-century contract workers from India. They are from the Indian states of Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh, in Northern India, along the Nepali border. *Africans form about 37% of the population, and are divided into two groups: the Creoles (15.7%), mixed descendants of West African slaves and Europeans (mostly Dutch), and Maroons (21.7%), descendants of escaped West African slaves. The two main Maroon groups are the Ndyuka and Saramaccans. *Javanese (descendants of contract workers from the former Dutch East Indies on the island of Java, Indonesia),〔(Orang Jawa di Suriname (Javanese in Suriname) ), ''kompasiana''. Access date:26 March 2011〕 form 14% of the population. *Amerindians, the original inhabitants of Suriname, form 3.7% of the population. The main groups being the Akurio, Arawak, Kalina (Caribs), Tiriyó and Wayana. They live mainly in the districts of Paramaribo, Wanica, Marowijne and Sipaliwini. *Chinese, mainly descendants of the earliest 19th-century contract workers. The 1990s and early 21st century saw renewed immigration on a large scale. In the year 2011 there were over 40,000 Chinese in Suriname.〔Romero, Simon. ("With Aid and Migrants, China Expands Its Presence in a South American Nation" ), ''The New York Times'', 10 April 2011.〕 *Europeans, descendants of Dutch 19th-century immigrant farmers, Portuguese from Madeira and other white people. The descendants of Dutch immigrant farmers are known as "Boeroes" (derived from ''boer'', the Dutch word for "farmer"). Most Boeroes left after independence in 1975. *Levantines, primarily Maronites from Lebanon, and Jews, mainly descendants of Sephardic Jews and Ashkenazi Jews. In their history, Jodensavanne plays a major role. Many Jews are mixed with other populations. *Brazilians, many of them gold miners.〔"(Violence erupts in Surinam )". Radio Netherlands Worldwide. December 26, 2009.〕 Most of the nearly 40,000 Brazilians living in Suriname arrived during the past several years.〔"(Guyana: Caught in Brazil's Net?; Small Nation, New to Free Markets, Fears Loss of Its Identity )". The New York Times. March 30, 2000.〕 The seventh census of Suriname in 2004 reported the following: *27.4% East Indian, *17.7% Creole *14.7% Maroons *14.6% Javanese (Southeast Asians) *12.5% Mixed descent *3.7% Amerindian *3% Chinese *2% White 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Surinamese people」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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