Kamwatta Hill
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Village
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  Kamwatta Hill Location in Guyana | |
| Coordinates: 8°07′N 59°51′W / 8.117°N 59.850°W / 8.117; -59.850 | |
| Country |  Guyana |
| Region | Barima-Waini |
| Government | |
| • Toshao | Maurice Henry[1] |
| Population
(2012)[2]
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| • Total | 565 |
Kamwatta Hill is a community in the Barima-Waini Region, in northern Guyana. Kamwatta is an Amerindian village[3] inhabited by Warao and Arawak people.[4]
Kamwatta Hill is located at an altitude of 34 m (114 feet). Its population as of 2012 is 565 inhabitants.[2] The economy is based on subsistence farming.[5] Kamwatta Hill has a health centre and a primary school, however secondary education is provided in Wauna or Hosororo.[6] The community began receiving electricity in 2006, when a diesel-powered generator was donated by Mr. Monty Niathally, proprietor of Variety Woods and Greenheart Limited. [7]
Atkinson, Sharon (2016). OUR LAND, OUR LIFE (PDF). Amerindian Peoples Association and Forest Peoples Programme. ISBN 978-0-9935190-7-9. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
8°07′N 59°51′W / 8.117°N 59.850°W / 8.117; -59.850
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