Kwebanna Explained

Official Name:Kwebanna
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
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2012
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:658
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Population Blank2 Title:Religions

Kwebanna is an Amerindian village in Barima-Waini region, in the north of Guyana. Kwebanna is connected by road to Kumaka, Barima-Waini.[2]

Economy

In the 1990s, logging companies began exploiting timber in the area.[3] The area is a producer of cabbage[4] and sweet cassava. In December 2018, construction began of a $26 million cassava flour processing factory in the village. The Ministry of Social Protection's Co-operative Society Department overlooked the establishment of the Kwebanna Farmers’ Co-operative in the village.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2012 Population by Village. Statistics Guyana. 15 August 2020.
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=SOlrAAAAMAAJ&q=Kwebanna Uncle Basil: An Arawak Biography
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=4PcoAQAAMAAJ&q=Kwebanna BOS Nieuwsletter, Volume 15, Issue 33 - Volume 17, Issue 38
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=aq0sAQAAMAAJ&q=Kwebanna Palm Heart Harvesting in Guyana's North-west District: Exploitation and Regeneration of Euterpe Oleracea Swamps
  5. Web site: $26M Cassava flour factory underway in Kwebanna. Kaieteur News. 28 February 2019. 26 February 2020.