Blauwgrond
Introduction '''Blauwgrond''' is a resort in Suriname, located in the Paramaribo District. Its population at the 2012 census was 31,483.Blauwgrond started as a Javanese village to the north of Paramaribo. During the 1960s and 1970s, large scale building projects turned the village into a neighbourhood of Paramaribo, and is mainly known as the Javanese culinary centre with many ''warungs'' and restaurants. The resort was called Blauwgrond (English: Blue Ground), because the earth had a bluish colour.Leonsberg is a former coffee plantation in the northern part of Blauwgrond. It was founded by A. Léon in 1819.At Leonsberg there is a ferry to Nieuw-Amsterdam.
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