Oostelijke Polders

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Oostelijke Polders
Resort
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Mangrove forest in Bigi Pan Nature Reserve
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Map showing the resorts of Nickerie District.
  Oostelijke Polders
CountryFlag of Suriname.svg  Suriname
District Nickerie District
Area
 • Total357 km2 (138 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total7,153
 • Density20/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] 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]

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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]

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  2. ↑ "Rijstboeren Oostelijke polders zijn graaicultuur regeerders zat". Nickerie.net (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 "STRUCTUUR ANALYSE DISTRICTEN 2009-2013" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 "Waar het Bigi Pan Bijzonder Beheersgebied ligt" (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 May 2020.
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  6. ↑ "Natuur". Suriname Weetjes (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Ouboter, Paul E. (2001). "Directory of protected areas of Suriname". IBER. p. 5.
  8. ↑ "Plantation Waterloo". Suriname Plantages (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  9. ↑ R.Chander. "EEN KORTE SCHETS VAN DE GESCHIEDENIS VAN NICKERIE". Nickerie.net (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  10. ↑ "De Gids. Almanak voor Suriname 1937". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). 1936. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  11. 1 2 "De slag op de plantage Waterloo Dl.1". Kenneth Donk (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  12. 1 2 "Vrij Tribune". Dagblad Suriname via Facebook (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  13. ↑ "Rechter Mr. van den Berg kontra Hof van Justitie in kwestie Waterloo" (in Dutch). 8 April 1969. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  14. ↑ Alison Campsie (5 March 2020). "The eerie abandoned sugar plantation and its 'maniacal' Scots slave owner". The Scotsman. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
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