Talhuwen Explained

Official Name:Talhuwen
Pushpin Map:French Guiana
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in French Guiana
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:France
Subdivision Type1:Overseas region
Subdivision Name1:French Guiana
Subdivision Type2:Arrondissement
Subdivision Name2:Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
Subdivision Type3:Commune
Subdivision Name3:Maripasoula
Leader Title:Chief
Leader Name:Kawet Sintaman[1]
Population As Of:2009
Population Total:110
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Coordinates:3.3817°N -54.0503°W

Talhuwen, also spelt as Taluwen, Taluhen and Taluen, is a Wayana village situated on the Lawa River in French Guiana.

Education

Talhuwen features the only primary school in the immediate vicinity.[2] Children from the villages of Kawemhakan and Kumakahpan, which both lie on the other side of the river in Suriname, are transported every day by boat to the school.

The school in Talhuwen was inaugurated in 1991 as an annex to the school in Kulumuli, which itself was established in 1973 by the French teacher Jean-Paul Klingelhofer. The school was extended in 2004.

Geography

Talhuwen lies opposite the island on which Kulumuli is situated and has on the landside merged with the villages of Epoja and Alawataimë enï. In the 1990s, a village by the name of Esperance was founded between Talhuwen and Epoja by Wayana migrating from Suriname.

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grand Conseil Coutumier : les membres élus. Collective Territorialé de Guyane. 21 February 2021. fr.
  2. Web site: École maternelle et élémentaire . French Ministry of Education . 14 April 2018.