Zanderij

This article is about the town of Zanderij. For the airport which is colloquially called Zanderij, see Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport.
Zanderij
Village
Mosque in Zanderij (1964)
Zanderij
Location in Suriname
Coordinates: 5°27′23″N 55°12′22″W / 5.45639°N 55.20611°W / 5.45639; -55.20611
Country Suriname
DistrictPara
ResortZuid
Time zoneUTC-3 (ART)

Zanderij is a village in northern Suriname, situated about 55 kilometres (34 mi) by road south of the capital Paramaribo on the Southern East-West Link. It is adjacent to the village of Witsanti.

The Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport is located near the village, and there is a meteorological watch station just to the west of the airport. Zanderij was the site of the Surinam Airways Flight 764 plane crash in June 1989.

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