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Meerzorg (Sranan Tongo: Ansu) is a town and resort (municipality) in Suriname, located on the eastern bank of the Suriname River, directly opposite the capital Paramaribo. Its population at the 2012 census was 12,405. Since 2000 it has been connected to Paramaribo by the Jules Wijdenbosch Bridge, named after the former President Jules Wijdenbosch.
On 15 March 1907, the plantation owners announced a grand plan: a tram line would be laid between Spieringshoek and Meerzorg, the United Fruit Company would start loading at a new wharf, and a steamboat ferry would connect Meerzorg with Paramaribo. On 26 August 1907, the plans were cancelled, and the owner was thinking of selling the plantation. In 1915, the plantation was bought by the government to be repurposed for smallholding, and suburban housing projects. Due to the proximity of Paramaribo, factories were built in Meerzorg. In 1930, the plantation was extended by a polder, and the new land was used to grow rice. Meerzorg started to grow, and by 1948 had a population of 4,000 people. In 1958, the Commewijne District was expanded to include Meerzorg boosting its population.
In 1931, a ferry opened between Meerzorg en Waterkant, Paramaribo, but to improve access to the eastern part of Suriname, the Jules Wijdenbosch Bridge was opened on 20 May 2000, replacing the ferry. The bridge is part of the East-West Link. There have been repeated calls to reopen a ferry service for and . The ferry wharf has been upgraded to a touristic zone as of 2012.
Meerzorg has been designated as a regional centre, and suburban area for Paramaribo, and there have been many building projects in the early 21st century. In 2006, the plan Richelieu was announced to build 4,000 houses at the location of the former plantation in corporation with the Development Bureau of the Dutch city of Amsterdam.
Meerzorg was also home to the Cinema Ansoe, a unique wooden Art Deco cinema, which opened on 28 November 1958. As of 2013, the cinema was in a dilapidated condition with broken windows.
The Brooskampers Maroon people lived on plantations Rorac and Klaverblad between 1863 and 1917.
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