Official Name: | Kwakwani |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | Guyana |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Guyana |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Guyana |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Upper Demerara-Berbice |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 2,504 |
Timezone: | UTC-4 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Af |
Kwakwani is a mining and logging village on the Berbice River in the Upper Demerara-Berbice Region of Guyana.[2] Its altitude is 44 metres (147 feet). Kwakwani is approximately 100 km south of Linden. In 1942, the Berbice Bauxite Company opened a Bauxite Mining in the area which is the main industry of the village.[3] The population as of 2012 is about 2,504 people.[1]
The village has a school and a clinic.[2] It can be access via the unpaved road from Linden to Kwakani via Ituni,[4] and is one of the many gateways to the interior of Guyana.[2] The village is also home to Kwakwani Airport.[5]