Epoja, also known as Opoya, is a
Wayana
The Wayana (alternate names: Ajana, Uaiana, Alucuyana, Guaque, Ojana, Oyana, Orcocoyana, Pirixi, Urukuena, Waiano etc.) are a Carib-speaking people located in the southeastern part of the Guiana highlands, a region divided between Brazil, Surin ...
village situated on the
Lawa River in
French Guiana
French Guiana, or Guyane in French, is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas and the West Indies. Bordered by Suriname to the west ...
.
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.
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Indigenous villages in French Guiana
Maripasoula
Villages in French Guiana
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