Beekhuizen
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| settlement_type = Resort
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| image_skyline = File:Tekening van Beekhuizen in Suriname - Paramaribo - 20419976 - RCE.jpg
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| image_caption = The former Beekhuizen plantation
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| map_caption = Map showing the resorts of Paramaribo District.{{legend|#ffa0a0|Beekhuizen}}
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| subdivision_name1 = Paramaribo District
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| population_total = 17,185
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Beekhuizen is a former sugarcane plantation{{cite web|url=https://www.surinameplantages.com/archief/b/beekhuizen|title=Plantage Beekhuizen|website=Suriname Plantages|access-date=27 May 2020|language=nl}} and currently a resort in Suriname, located in the Paramaribo District. Its population at the 2012 census was 17,185.
The plantation was founded before 1700 by Benjamin Beeke. Around 1850, the Moravian Church became part owner of the plantation, started a school, and released the slaves working on their part of the plantation, because they were against slavery.{{cite web|url=https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/index/nt00341/86b23911-9f54-4227-871d-6c1e71742e81|title=Suriname en Nederlandse Antillen: Vrijverklaarde slaven (Emancipatie 1863), Voornaam: Thomas Theodor|website=Nationaal Archief.nl|access-date=27 May 2020|language=nl}} In the late 19th century, the Saramacca canal was widened, and 8,200 hectares could be put under cultivation.
At the outbreak of World War II, in May 1940, some Surinamese detainees were interned there, as well as some Germans on a temporary basis until the internment camp at Copieweg was completed.{{cite news |title=Nog meer interneeringen. |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB23:001618057:mpeg21:p00003 |work=De West |date=May 31, 1940 |location=Paramaribo |language=nl}} In 1947, {{ill|Bruynzeel Suriname Wood Company|nl|Bruynzeel Suriname Houtmaatschappij|lt=Bruynzeel}} started a wood factory, and constructed wooden prefabricated houses on an industrial scale.{{cite web|url=https://www.bruynzeelwoningen.nl/|title=Bruynzeel Woningen|access-date=27 May 2020|language=nl|website=Bruynzeel Woningen}} In 1945, Beekhuizen became a neighbourhood of Paramaribo.{{cite web|url=https://cityofparamaribo.com/read/Worldheritage_sub?sublist=18936&css=|title=Unesco World Heritage|website=City of Paramaribo|access-date=28 May 2020|archive-date=8 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808234326/https://cityofparamaribo.com/read/Worldheritage_sub?sublist=18936&css=|url-status=dead}} The Zorg en Hoop Airport is located in the Beekhuizen resort. The Jules Sedney Harbour, the main cargo harbour, is also located in the resort.{{cite news|url=https://www.surgoed.com/nieuwsbericht/het-waaggebouw/ |title=Het Waaggebouw |website=SurGoed|access-date=14 March 2021|language=nl}}
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