Kamwatta Hill Explained

Official Name:Kamwatta Hill
Settlement Type:Village
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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:Maurice Henry[1]
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2012
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:565
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:8.1167°N -110°W

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.

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. Kamwatta Hill has a health centre and a primary school, however secondary education is provided in Wauna or Hosororo. 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. [4]

Bibliography

Book: Atkinson. Sharon. 2016. OUR LAND, OUR LIFE. Forest Peoples. Amerindian Peoples Association and Forest Peoples Programme. 978-0-9935190-7-9.

8.1167°N -110°W

Notes and References

  1. News: Kamwatta and Whitewater to get electricity before the end of 2021 – PM . Department of Public Information. 8 February 2022.
  2. Web site: 2012 Population by Village. Statistics Guyana. 16 August 2020.
  3. Web site: Indigenous villages. Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs. 18 August 2020.
  4. Web site: Generating sets handed over to three hinterland communities. https://web.archive.org/web/20050328213319/http://www.gina.gov.gy/archive/daily/b040207.html. 21 August 2020. 2005-03-28.