Kwebanna

Kwebanna
Village
Kwebanna is located in Guyana
Kwebanna
Kwebanna
Location in Guyana
Coordinates: 7°29′18″N 59°39′23″W / 7.48824190°N 59.65644940°W / 7.48824190; -59.65644940
Country Guyana
RegionBarima-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

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

  1. ^ "2012 Population by Village". Statistics Guyana. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  2. ^ Uncle Basil: An Arawak Biography (1998), J. Greene-Roesel, p.8.
  3. ^ BOS Nieuwsletter, Volume 15, Issue 33 - Volume 17, Issue 38 (1996), Foundation for Dutch Forestry Development Corporation. p.16.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "$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 / 7.48824190; -59.65644940


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