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