Official Name: | Orealla |
Pushpin Map: | Guyana |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Guyana |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Guyana |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | East Berbice-Corentyne |
Leader Title: | Toshao |
Leader Name: | Carl Peneux (2019)[1] |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 981 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 5.2972°N -57.3472°W |
Elevation M: | 11 |
Orealla (or Orealla Mission) is an Indigenous community in the East Berbice-Corentyne Region of Guyana, on the Courantyne River, approximately south of Crabwood Creek and north of Epira, located at 5.2972°N -57.3472°W, altitude 11 metres. south-east on the other side of the Courantyne River lies the Surinamese village of Apoera. Orealla is an indigenous village.[3]
The village can only be reached by boat or plane. The population is mainly active in subsistence agriculture and logging.[4]
Orealla has a contract with the Barama Company, a logging company.[5]
Small ocean-going vessels are able to navigate the Courantyne River for about 70 km, to the first rapids at Orealla.[6]
Guyanese novelist Roy Heath wrote a 1984 novel entitled Orealla, featuring a Macusi Indian from the village.[7] Clark Accord wrote the novel Between Apoera and Oreala, which was published in 2005.[8]