Epoja
Epoja, also known as Opoya, is a Wayana village situated on the Lawa River in French Guiana.[1]
Epoja
Opoya | |
|---|---|
  Epoja Location in French Guiana | |
| Coordinates: 3°22′50″N 54°3′1″W | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas region | French Guiana |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni |
| Commune | Maripasoula |
Geography
Epoja is conjoined with the village of Taluwen and Alawataimë enï and lies clies to the island village of Kulumuli.[2] In the 1990s, a village by the name of Esperance was founded by Wayana migrating from Suriname next to Epoja and Taluwen.
Notes
- Boven 2006, pp. 233-234.
- Duin 2009, p. 132.
References
- Boven, Karin M. (2006). Overleven in een Grensgebied: Veranderingsprocessen bij de Wayana in Suriname en Frans-Guyana (PDF). Amsterdam: Rozenberg Publishers.
- Duin, Renzo Sebastiaan (2009). Wayana Socio-political Landscapes: Multi-scalar Regionality and Temporality in Guiana (PDF). University of Florida.
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