Official Name: | Baramita |
Settlement Type: | Community |
Pushpin Map: | Guyana |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Guyana |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Guyana |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Barima-Waini |
Leader Title: | Toshao |
Leader Name: | Sharmain Rambajue (2019) |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 7.35°N -89°W |
Baramita, is a community in the Barima-Waini region of northern Guyana, standing about 20 miles west of Matthew's Ridge, at an altitude of 99 metres (328 feet).
It is one of the largest Amerindian settlements in the country. It is inhabited by the Kalina people. and the village council is responsible for 22 satellite villages as well. The total population of the indigenous area is 3,500 people.[1] Baramita could only be easily reached only by air, however a road has been built to link it with Matthew's Ridge.[2] The main economic activity in the village is mining and subsistence farming.[1]