Zuid (English: South) is a resort in Suriname, located in the Para District. Its population at the 2012 census was 6,113. The main ethnic groups are indigenous, Creoles, and mixed race.[1]
Republiek is a village, and a holiday resort in Zuid. Republiek consists of the two wood plantation Mijnhoop and Valkenburg which were merged in 1884 into Republiek.[3] The name is based on Post Republiek, a military outpost which already existed in 1793. The military outpost was manned by 24 freed slaves at the time.[4] In 1905, the first part of the Lawa Railway between Paramaribo and Republiek opened.[5] The railway station turned Republiek in a holiday resort.[6] In 1987, the train station closed, but Republiek remained a holiday resort.[7] The village is home to about 50 people.[3] Since 1933, Republiek provides the drinking water for Paramaribo and Wanica.[8]