Kwebanna

Kwebanna is an Amerindian village in Barima-Waini region, in the north of Guyana, claimed by Venezuela as part of Delta Amacuro state, which is located in the Guayana Esequiba.

Kwebanna
Village
Kwebanna
Location in Guayana Esequiba
Coordinates: 7.48824190°N 59.65644940°W / 7.48824190; -59.65644940
Country Guyana Claimed by Venezuela[1]
Region StateBarima-Waini (Delta Amacuro state by Venezuela)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Total658

It is connected by road to Kumaka, Barima-Waini.[3]

Economy

In the 1990s, logging companies began exploiting timber in the area.[4] The area is a producer of cabbage[5] 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.[6]

References
  1. "Official Announcements". Archived from the original on 8 September 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  2. "2012 Population by Village". Statistics Guyana. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  3. Uncle Basil: An Arawak Biography (1998), J. Greene-Roesel, p.8.
  4. BOS Nieuwsletter, Volume 15, Issue 33 - Volume 17, Issue 38 (1996), Foundation for Dutch Forestry Development Corporation. p.16.
  5. Palm Heart Harvesting in Guyana's North-west District: Exploitation and Regeneration of Euterpe Oleracea Swamps (1998), Tulemore Ruth van Andel, Tropenbos-Guyana Programme, pp:9-14.
  6. "$26M Cassava flour factory underway in Kwebanna". Kaieteur News. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.


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