Oostelijke Polders Explained

Official Name:Oostelijke Polders
Settlement Type:Resort
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Suriname
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Nickerie District
Area Total Km2:357
Population As Of:2012
Population Total:7153
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-3

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.

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 is named after the lagoon in the centre.[4]

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 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

Waterloo 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

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.statoids.com/ysr.html Statoids.com
  2. Web site: Rijstboeren Oostelijke polders zijn graaicultuur regeerders zat. Nickerie.net. 25 May 2020. nl.
  3. Web site: STRUCTUUR ANALYSE DISTRICTEN 2009-2013. Planning Office Suriname. 22 May 2020. nl.
  4. Web site: Waar het Bigi Pan Bijzonder Beheersgebied ligt.. 22 May 2020. nl.
  5. Web site: Beschermde gebieden. https://web.archive.org/web/20190711073748/https://stinasu.sr/beschermende-gebieden. dead. 11 July 2019. Stinasu.sr via Archive.org. 25 May 2020. nl.
  6. Web site: Natuur. Suriname Weetjes. 25 May 2020. nl.
  7. Web site: Ouboter. Paul E.. 2001 . Directory of protected areas of Suriname. IBER. 5.
  8. Web site: Plantation Waterloo. 31 May 2020. nl. Suriname Plantages.
  9. Web site: EEN KORTE SCHETS VAN DE GESCHIEDENIS VAN NICKERIE. Nickerie.net. R.Chander. 29 December 2021. nl.
  10. Web site: De Gids. Almanak voor Suriname 1937. Digital Library for Dutch Literature. 1936. 31 May 2020. nl.
  11. Web site: De slag op de plantage Waterloo Dl.1. Kenneth Donk. 31 May 2020. nl.
  12. News: Vrij Tribune. Dagblad Suriname via Facebook. 31 May 2020. nl.
  13. News: Rechter Mr. van den Berg kontra Hof van Justitie in kwestie Waterloo. 8 April 1969. 4 January 2022. nl.
  14. News: The eerie abandoned sugar plantation and its 'maniacal' Scots slave owner . The Scotsman. Alison Campsie. 5 March 2020. 30 December 2021.
  15. News: Statenlid Murray plotseling overleden. 6 May 1954. Het Nieuws via Delpher. 6 December 2021. nl.
  16. Web site: Dew Sharman: ‘AZV buiten politieke invloed houden’. Dagblad Suriname via Nickerie.net. 30 June 2020. nl.