Oostelijke Polders

{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Oostelijke Polders | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Resort | motto = | image_skyline = File:Bigi Pan Nature Reserve (2720197032).jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Mangrove forest in Bigi Pan Nature Reserve | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_map = Nickerie Resorts Suriname Neutral.png | mapsize = | map_caption = Map showing the resorts of Nickerie District.{{legend|#ff9470|Oostelijke Polders}} | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | pushpin_map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Suriname}} | subdivision_type1 = District | subdivision_name1 = Nickerie District | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = | established_date = | area_magnitude = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 357 | area_land_km2 = | population_as_of = 2012 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 7153 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = AST | utc_offset = -3 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Oostelijke Polders''' is a resort in Suriname located in the Nickerie District. Its population at the 2012 census was 7,153.<ref>[http://www.statoids.com/ysr.html Statoids.com]</ref> Villages in the resort include Glasgow, Hamptoncourtpolder, and Paradise. Oostelijke Polders is an agricultural area with a focus on rice production.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nickerie.net/News2007/2007-03-18%20-%20dbs%20-%20Rijstboeren%20Oostelijke%20polders%20zijn%20graaicultuur%20regeerders%20zat.htm|title=Rijstboeren Oostelijke polders zijn graaicultuur regeerders zat|website=Nickerie.net|access-date=25 May 2020|language=nl}}</ref> Oostelijke Polder has a clinic and a school.<ref name="planning"/>

==Bigi Pan Nature Reserve== {{anchor|Bigi Pan}}Oostelijke Polders is home to the Bigi Pan Nature Reserve which is the third largest reserve in the country.<ref name="planning">{{cite web|url=https://www.planningofficesuriname.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/STRUCTUUR-ANALYSE-IV.pdf|title=STRUCTUUR ANALYSE DISTRICTEN 2009-2013|website=Planning Office Suriname|access-date=22 May 2020|language=nl}}</ref> 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.<ref name="bigi_pan">{{cite web|url=https://www.nickerie.net/Nickerie%20Resorts/Waar%20het%20bigi%20pan%20bijzonder%20beheersgebied%20ligt.htm|title=Waar het Bigi Pan Bijzonder Beheersgebied ligt.|access-date=22 May 2020|language=nl}}</ref> The reserve is named after the lagoon in the centre.<ref name="bigi_pan"/>

==Hertenrits== {{anchor|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.<ref name="bigi_pan"/> Some of the finds were 15,000 to 20,000 year old.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stinasu.sr/beschermende-gebieden|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711073748/https://stinasu.sr/beschermende-gebieden|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 July 2019|title=Beschermde gebieden|website=Stinasu.sr via Archive.org|access-date=25 May 2020|language=nl}}</ref>

Hertenrits measures hectares, and was designated a protected area in 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://surinameweetjes.weebly.com/natuur.html|title=Natuur|website=Suriname Weetjes|access-date=25 May 2020|language=nl}}</ref> There were no laws concerning culture reserves at the time, therefore it was declared a nature reserve in 1972.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ouboter|first1=Paul E.|year=2001 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262972705_Directory_of_protected_areas_of_Suriname |title=Directory of protected areas of Suriname|publisher=IBER|page=5}}</ref>

==Waterloo== {{anchor|Waterloo}}Waterloo was a cotton plantation founded in 1819 by James Balfour which later became a sugar plantation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.surinameplantages.com/archief/w/waterloo|title=Plantation Waterloo|access-date=31 May 2020|language=nl|website=Suriname Plantages}}</ref> Waterloo would become one of the biggest plantation of Nickerie.<ref name="nickerie">{{cite web|url=https://www.nickerie.net/Nickerie-geschiedenis.htm |title=EEN KORTE SCHETS VAN DE GESCHIEDENIS VAN NICKERIE|website=Nickerie.net|author=R.Chander|access-date=29 December 2021|language=nl}}</ref> In 1936, Waterloo was bought by Amin Sankar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_gid003193701_01/_gid003193701_01_0003.php|title=De Gids. Almanak voor Suriname 1937|website=Digital Library for Dutch Literature|date=1936|access-date=31 May 2020|language=nl}}</ref> 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.<ref name="slag_bij_waterloo">{{cite web|url=http://www.kennethdonk.com/de-slag-op-de-plantage-waterloo-dl-1/|title=De slag op de plantage Waterloo Dl.1|website=Kenneth Donk|access-date=31 May 2020|language=nl}}</ref> In 1969,<ref name="dagblad">{{cite news|url=https://www.facebook.com/DagbladSuriname/posts/1362997180453553|title=Vrij Tribune|website=Dagblad Suriname via Facebook|access-date=31 May 2020|language=nl}}</ref> a strike was called by Eddy Bruma.<ref name="slag_bij_waterloo"/> Sankar fired all workers,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=staking+waterloo&coll=ddd&page=1&facets%5Bperiode%5D%5B%5D=1%7C20e_eeuw%7C1960-1969%7C&identifier=ddd:011020507:mpeg21:a0020&resultsidentifier=ddd:011020507:mpeg21:a0020&rowid=4 |title=Rechter Mr. van den Berg kontra Hof van Justitie in kwestie Waterloo|date=8 April 1969|access-date=4 January 2022|language=nl}}</ref> and closed the estate.<ref name="dagblad"/> In 2020, Waterloo was taken over by the jungle.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/the-eerie-abandoned-sugar-plantation-and-its-maniacal-scots-slave-owner-2073572 |title=The eerie abandoned sugar plantation and its 'maniacal' Scots slave owner |website=The Scotsman|author=Alison Campsie|date=5 March 2020| access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref>

==Notable people== * Frederick James Alexander Murray (1907–1954), politician<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=fred+murray&coll=ddd&page=1&facets%5Bperiode%5D%5B%5D=1%7C20e_eeuw%7C1950-1959%7C&identifier=ddd:010473035:mpeg21:a0029&resultsidentifier=ddd:010473035:mpeg21:a0029&rowid=7 |title=Statenlid Murray plotseling overleden|date=6 May 1954|website=Het Nieuws via Delpher|access-date=6 December 2021|language=nl}}</ref> * Dew Sharman (1965), politician and medical doctor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nickerie.net/News2010/2010-05-18%20-%20nnet%20-%20Dew%20Sharman%20-%20AZV%20buiten%20politieke%20invloed%20houden.htm|title=Dew Sharman: ‘AZV buiten politieke invloed houden’|website=Dagblad Suriname via Nickerie.net|access-date=30 June 2020|language=nl}}</ref>

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Category:Resorts of Suriname Category:Populated places in Nickerie District