Koriabo

Koriabo

Koriabo

Village in Barima-Waini, Guyana

Koriabo is a community in the Barima-Waini region of Guyana, standing at an altitude of 36 metres. Barima and Koriba form an Amerindian community[2] which is mainly inhabited by Warao people with a minority of Arawak and Kalina people.[3]

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Dutch plantations were established in the area in the 1760s.[4] Koriabo was established as a mission in 1946.[3] The economy is based on subsistence farming.[3] Gold mining in the area is threatening the water supply.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "2012 Population by Village". Statistics Guyana. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Indigenous villages". Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  3. [3]
    Atkinson 2016, p. 100.
  4. [4]
    "SPANISH RAIDS ON DUTCH TERRITORY (1758-1768)". Guyana.org. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  5. [5]
    Atkinson 2016, p. 103.

Bibliography

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)

7°37′N 59°38′W

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