Official Name: | Epoja |
Other Name: | Opoya |
Pushpin Map: | French Guiana |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in French Guiana |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | France |
Subdivision Type1: | Overseas region |
Subdivision Name1: | French Guiana |
Subdivision Type2: | Arrondissement |
Subdivision Name2: | Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni |
Subdivision Type3: | Commune |
Subdivision Name3: | Maripasoula |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Coordinates: | 3.3806°N -54.0503°W |
Epoja, also known as Opoya, is a Wayana village situated on the Lawa River in French Guiana.
Epoja is conjoined with the village of Taluwen and Alawataimë enï and lies clies to the island village of Kulumuli. In the 1990s, a village by the name of Esperance was founded by Wayana migrating from Suriname next to Epoja and Taluwen.