Zanderij
Village in Para, Suriname / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the town of Zanderij. For the airport which is colloquially called Zanderij, see Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport.
Zanderij is a village located in the northern part of Suriname, situated 50 kilometres south of the capital Paramaribo on the Southern East-West Link. The Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport is located near the village.[1]
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Zanderij | |
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Coordinates: 5°27′23″N 55°12′22″W | |
Country | Suriname |
District | Para |
Resort | Zuid |
Time zone | UTC-3 (ART) |
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On 7 June 1989, Surinam Airways Flight 764 crashed in Zanderij, killing 178 of the 187 passengers on board including a group of professional Dutch football players. Only 11 people and a dog survived. The dog was named "Lucky" by the police.[2]