Livorno is a resort in Suriname, located in the

Paramaribo District Paramaribo is a district of Suriname, encompassing the capital city of Paramaribo and the surrounding area. Paramaribo district has a population of 240,924, almost half the population of the entire country, and an area of 182 km2. The ...

. Its population at the 2012 census was 8,209. The resort consists of the neighbourhoods ''Livorno'' and ''Bethesda''. Livorno is a former sugar plantation founded in 1819 by F. Cassali from Livorno,

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. Bethesda was the location of a

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colony which had been at that location between 1933, and 1962. Livorno is close to the harbour, and home to small industry.

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Resorts of Suriname Populated places in Paramaribo District {{Suriname-geo-stub