| Epoja Opoya | |
|---|---|
  EpojaLocation in French Guiana | |
| Coordinates: 3°22′50″N 54°3′1″W / 3.38056°N 54.05028°W / 3.38056; -54.05028 | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas region | French Guiana |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni |
| Commune | Maripasoula |
Epoja, also known as Opoya, is a Wayana village situated on the Lawa River in French Guiana.
Geography
Epoja is conjoined with the village of Taluwen and Alawataimë enï and lies clies to the island village of Kulumuli. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-13. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
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