evidence: Suriname is a country in the northeast of South America. This map of Suriname contains satellite imagery and an elevation map. It also shows cities, towns, highways, roads, lakes, rivers, and disputed areas. [...] Suriname is the smallest country in South America occupying an area of just 163,821 square kilometers (63,252 sq mi). Also, it’s the second least populated country with the majority of people living on the north coast. Paramaribo is the capital and largest city, also located in the north. Other towns are Lelydorp, Brokopondo, Brokopondo, and Nieuw Nickerie. [...] First, both Suriname and Guyana claim the Tigri Area to the southwest of Suriname. Secondly, its other disputed territory is the Lawa headwaters area with French Guiana. It lies mostly between latitudes 1°N and 6°N above the equator so the climate is mostly tropical in Suriname.