Oostelijke Polders
Oostelijke Polders | |
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![]() Map showing the resorts of Nickerie District. Oostelijke Polders | |
Country | ![]() |
District | Nickerie District |
Area | |
• Total | 357 km2 (138 sq mi) |
Population (2012) | |
• Total | 7,153 |
• Density | 20/km2 (52/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-3 (AST) |
Oostelijke Polders is a resort in Suriname located in the Nickerie District. Its population at the 2012 census was 7,153.[1] Other villages in the resort are Glasgow, Hamptoncourtpolder, and Paradise. Oostelijke Polders is an agricultural area with a focus on rice production.[2] Oostelijke Polder has a clinic and a school.[3]
Bigi Pan Nature Reserve[]
Oostelijke Polders is home to the Bigi Pan Nature Reserve which is the third largest reserve in the country.[3] It is located in the estuary north of the Nickerie River. The reserve has an area of 68,000 hectare of which 15,000 had been poldered for rice cultivation.[4] The reserve has been named after the lagoon in the centre.[4]
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Hertenrits[]
Within the Bigi Pan Nature Reserve there are five terpen (artificial mounts). They were located in the middle of the swamp, and remains from the pre-Columbian era had been discovered in the mounts.[4] Some of the finds were 15,000 to 20,000 year old.[5] Hertenrits is just 100 hectares, but was designated a protected area in 1972.[6]
There were no laws concerning culture reserves at the time, therefore it was declared a nature reserve in 1972.[7]
Waterloo[]
Waterloo was a sugar plantation founded in 1819 by James Balfour which later became a cotton plantation.[8] In 1936, Waterloo was bought by Sankar.[9] The conditions were really bad, and the contract workers were not allowed to enter or leave the plantation without permission from the owner.[10] In 1969,[11] a strike was called by Eddy Bruma,[10] which lead to the closure of the plantation.[11]
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Notable people[]
- Frederick James Alexander Murray (1907–1954), politician[12]
- Dew Sharman (1965), politician and medical doctor.[13]
References[]
- ^ Statoids.com
- ^ "Rijstboeren Oostelijke polders zijn graaicultuur regeerders zat". Nickerie.net (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ a b "STRUCTUUR ANALYSE DISTRICTEN 2009-2013" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ a b c "Waar het Bigi Pan Bijzonder Beheersgebied ligt" (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "Beschermde gebieden". Stinasu.sr via Archive.org (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ "Natuur". Suriname Weetjes (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ Ouboter, Paul E. (2001). "Directory of protected areas of Suriname". IBER. p. 5.
- ^ "Plantation Waterloo". Suriname Plantages (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ "De Gids. Almanak voor Suriname 1937". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). 1936. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ a b "De slag op de plantage Waterloo Dl.1". Kenneth Donk (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Vrij Tribune". Dagblad Suriname via Facebook (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ "Statenlid Murray plotseling overleden". Het Nieuws via Delpher (in Dutch). 6 May 1954. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- ^ "Dew Sharman: 'AZV buiten politieke invloed houden'". Dagblad Suriname via Nickerie.net (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- Resorts of Suriname
- Populated places in Nickerie District