Kwebanna
Kwebanna | |
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Village | |
  Kwebanna Location in Guyana | |
| Coordinates: 7°29′18″N 59°39′23″W / 7.48824190°N 59.65644940°W | |
| Country |  Guyana |
| Region | Barima-Waini |
| Population (2012)[1] | |
| • Total | 658 |
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
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ "2012 Population by Village". Statistics Guyana. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ Uncle Basil: An Arawak Biography (1998), J. Greene-Roesel, p.8.
- ^ BOS Nieuwsletter, Volume 15, Issue 33 - Volume 17, Issue 38 (1996), Foundation for Dutch Forestry Development Corporation. p.16.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "$26M Cassava flour factory underway in Kwebanna". Kaieteur News. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
7°29′18″N 59°39′23″W / 7.48824190°N 59.65644940°W
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