Oostelijke Polders is a resort in Suriname located in the Nickerie District. Its population at the 2012 census was 7,153.[1] Villages in the resort include 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]
Oostelijke Polders | |
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.jpg) Mangrove forest in Bigi Pan Nature Reserve | |
 Map showing the resorts of Nickerie District. Oostelijke Polders | |
| Country |  Suriname |
| 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) |
Bigi Pan Nature Reserve
editOostelijke 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 is named after the lagoon in the centre.[4]
Hertenrits
editWithin 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 measures hectares, and 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
editWaterloo was a cotton plantation founded in 1819 by James Balfour which later became a sugar plantation.[8] Waterloo would become one of the biggest plantation of Nickerie.[9] In 1936, Waterloo was bought by Amin Sankar.[10] The conditions were bad at the sugar estate, and the contract workers were not allowed to enter or leave the plantation without permission from the owner.[11] In 1969,[12] a strike was called by Eddy Bruma.[11] Sankar fired all workers,[13] and closed the estate.[12] In 2020, Waterloo was taken over by the jungle.[14]
Notable people
edit- Frederick James Alexander Murray (1907–1954), politician[15]
- Dew Sharman (1965), politician and medical doctor.[16]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ R.Chander. "EEN KORTE SCHETS VAN DE GESCHIEDENIS VAN NICKERIE". Nickerie.net (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Rechter Mr. van den Berg kontra Hof van Justitie in kwestie Waterloo" (in Dutch). 8 April 1969. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ Alison Campsie (5 March 2020). "The eerie abandoned sugar plantation and its 'maniacal' Scots slave owner". The Scotsman. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "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.