Kamwatta Hill
Village
Kamwatta Hill is located in Guyana
Kamwatta Hill
Kamwatta Hill
Location in Guyana
Coordinates: 8°07′N 59°51′W / 8.117°N 59.850°W / 8.117; -59.850
Country Guyana
RegionBarima-Waini
Government
 • ToshaoMaurice Henry[1]
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Total565

Kamwatta Hill is a community in the Barima-Waini Region, in northern Guyana. Kamwatta is an Amerindian village[3] inhabited by Warao and Arawak people.[4]

Kamwatta Hill is located at an altitude of 34 m (114 feet). Its population as of 2012 is 565 inhabitants.[2] The economy is based on subsistence farming.[5] Kamwatta Hill has a health centre and a primary school, however secondary education is provided in Wauna or Hosororo.[6] The community began receiving electricity in 2006, when a diesel-powered generator was donated by Mr. Monty Niathally, proprietor of Variety Woods and Greenheart Limited. [7]

References

  1. ^ "Kamwatta and Whitewater to get electricity before the end of 2021 – PM". Department of Public Information. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b "2012 Population by Village". Statistics Guyana. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Indigenous villages". Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  4. ^ Atkinson 2016, p. 129.
  5. ^ Atkinson 2016, p. 128.
  6. ^ Atkinson 2016, p. 130.
  7. ^ "Generating sets handed over to three hinterland communities". Archived from the original on 2005-03-28. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

Bibliography

Atkinson, Sharon (2016). OUR LAND, OUR LIFE (PDF). Amerindian Peoples Association and Forest Peoples Programme. ISBN 978-0-9935190-7-9. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)

8°07′N 59°51′W / 8.117°N 59.850°W / 8.117; -59.850

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