Epoja
Opoya
Epoja is located in French Guiana
Epoja
Epoja
Location in French Guiana
Coordinates: 3°22′50″N 54°3′1″W / 3.38056°N 54.05028°W / 3.38056; -54.05028
CountryFrance
Overseas regionFrench Guiana
ArrondissementSaint-Laurent-du-Maroni
CommuneMaripasoula

Epoja, also known as Opoya, is a Wayana village situated on the Lawa River in French Guiana.[1]

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

  1. ^ Boven 2006, pp. 233–234.
  2. ^ Duin 2009, p. 132.

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