Oostelijke Polders


Oostelijke Polders is a resort in Suriname located in the Nickerie District. Its population at the 2012 census was 7,153. Other villages in the resort are Glasgow, Hamptoncourtpolder, and Paradise. Oostelijke Polders is an agricultural area with a focus on rice production. 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. 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. The reserve has been named after the lagoon in the centre.

Hertenrits

Within the Bigi Pan Nature Reserve there are five terpen. They were located in the middle of the swamp, and remains from the pre-Columbian era had been discovered in the mounts. Some of the finds were 15,000 to 20,000 year old. Hertenrits is just 100 hectares, but was designated a protected area in 1972.

Waterloo

Waterloo was a coffee plantation founded in 1819 by James Balfour.. In 1936, Waterloo was bought by Sankar. The conditions were really bad, and the contract workers were not allowed to enter or leave the plantation without permission from the owner. In 1969, a strike was called by Eddy Bruma, which lead to the closure of the plantation.

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