Oostelijke Polders | |
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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) |
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 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]
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 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]
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) |
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 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]
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 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]