Javanese Surinamese

Javanese Surinamese
ꦎꦫꦁꦗꦮꦯꦸꦫꦶꦤꦩꦺ
Wong Jåwå Surinamè (in Javanese)
Javaanse Surinamers (in Dutch)
Wayang Kulit played by Surinamese Javanese
Total population
c. 126,500
Regions with significant populations
Paramaribo: 23,670 (10%) · Wanica: 21,175 (18%) · Commewijne: 14,829 (47%)
 Suriname102,000 (2019)[1] (ancestries with people from Java, including Javanese, Sundanese, Chinese-Indonesians, Madurese and mixed racials)
88,000-90,000 (2022)[2] (Javanese Surinamese only)
 Netherlands21,700 (2008)[3][4]
 French Guiana2,800
Languages
Surinamese-Javanese · Dutch · Sranan Tongo, Indonesian, French
Religion
Majority:
Sunni Islam 67.0%
Minority:
Christianity 21.4%, Kejawèn 5.6%, Hinduism 1.2%, No religion 2.8%, Other 0.8%, Unknown 1.2%
Related ethnic groups
Javanese · Javanese French Guianans

Javanese Surinamese are an ethnic group of Javanese and by extension Indonesian descent in Suriname. They have been present since the late 19th century, when their first members were selected as indentured laborers by the Dutch colonizers from the former Dutch East Indies.

  1. ^ "Suriname". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Indonesia Suriname To Enhance Economic And Socio Cultural Cooperation | Portal Kementerian Luar Negeri Republik Indonesia". kemlu.go.id. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  3. ^ Ko Oudhof, Carel Harmsen, Suzanne Loozen en Chan Choenni, "Omvang en spreiding van Surinaamse bevolkingsgroepen in Nederland Archived 2015-08-18 at the Wayback Machine" (CBS - 2011)
  4. ^ Ko Oudhof en Carel Harmsen, "De maatschappelijke situatie van Surinaamse bevolkingsgroepen in Nederland Archived 2015-08-18 at the Wayback Machine" (CBS - 2011)

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