Official Name: | Kamarang |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Dot Y: | --> |
Pushpin Map: | Guyana |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Guyana |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Guyana |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Cuyuni-Mazaruni |
Government Type: | Village-Council |
Established Date2: | 1970 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 347 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Kamarang is an Amerindian village,[2] standing at the confluence of the Kamarang River and Mazaruni River, in the Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region of Guyana.
Kamarang has a primary school,[3] hospital,[4] police station[5] and can be accessed by air via the Kamarang Airport.[6]
The village has seen extensive economic growth at the start of the 21st century because of gold and diamond mining; however, as of 2019, the output has started to decline.[7] Its altitude is 490 metres (1601 feet).
According to the 2002 population census, it had 349 inhabitants.[8]
Type | Officials | Professionals and technicians | Clergy | Trade and Services | Agricultural activities | Industrial activities | Subsistence economy | S/D | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Population | 4 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 4 | 4 | 77 | 77 | 243 | |
% | 1,71 | 4,94 | 3,15 | 23,51 | 1,67 | 5,61 | 15,88 | 43,90 | 100,00 |