The Republic of Sariname is located in the north part of South America, it is close to the Atlantic Ocean in the north, neighbors Brazil in the south, French Guiana in the east and Guyana in the west, it is a member of the Union of South American Nations, and its name derives from the local Aboriginal Surimanans. The country is formerly known as the Dutch Guyana, is a former Holland's colonial relics in South America, became an independent province of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1954, and declared its independence in 1975. Suriname, regardless of area or population, is the smallest country in South America and the only country in the non-Kingdom-of-Netherlands composition in the west hemisphere who uses Dutch as the official language. In addition, the Hakka language in the Chinese is legal language of the Republic of Surinamee. Its capital of Paramaribo is a commercial port at the mouth of the Suriname River. Suriname is a racially, linguistically and religiously diverse country in which the Muslim population accounts for 13% of Suriname, the highest proportion in all the American countries.