Ovia Olo

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Ovia Olo
Ovillanhollo
Village
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Children in front of house ijn Ovia Olo (c. 1930)
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Ovia Olo
Location in Suriname
Coordinates: 5°30′47″N54°24′30″W / 5.513056°N 54.408333°W / 5.513056; -54.408333 Coordinates: 5°30′47″N54°24′30″W / 5.513056°N 54.408333°W / 5.513056; -54.408333
Country Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname
District Marowijne District
Resort Patamacca
Population
 (2017) [1]
 • Totalc.300

Ovia Olo, also Ovillanhollo, is a village of Ndyuka Maroons in the Patamacca resort of the Marowijne District of Suriname. [2]

Electricity for the village is provided by diesel generators. [3] The village does not have a school. [2]

In 2011, [4] the Marowijne Art Park was opened on the East-West Link near Ovia Olo. [5] The Art Park consists of works of art made by international artists, and contributions from the children of Moengo, Ovia Olo and Ricanaumofo. [6]

In 2016, Zhong Heng Tai Investment was given permission to start a 40,000 hectares palm oil plantation [1] even though the village authorities had voted against the plan in 2005. The village was initially not opposed to the plan until the scale was revealed. [7] A smaller plantation had existed near the village between 1975 and 1980, but was destroyed during the Surinamese Interior War. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Surinaamse jungle wijkt voor oliepalmplantage". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  2. 1 2 Plan Bureau (2014). "Planning Office Suriname - Districts 2009-2013" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch). p. 114.
  3. ↑ "Dorp Ovia Olo zit al drie maanden in het donker". Dagblad De West (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Marowijne Art Park - Artists in Residence" (PDF). Mondriaan Foundation. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Ons-kent-ons-land". HP/De Tijd (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Nieuwe kunstwerken voor Marowijne Kunstpark". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Patamacca palm olie bedrijf start medio december 2016". Alles in SU (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 October 2020.


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