A report on Guyana and Wapishana

The village of Jacamim in Bonfim, Roraima

Kaieteur Falls is the world's largest single-drop waterfall by volume.

Anomaloglossus beebei (Kaieteur), specific to the Guianas

The hoatzin is the national bird of Guyana.

A tractor in a rice field on Guyana's coastal plain

A proportional representation of Guyana exports, 2019

Guyana's population density in 2005 (people per km2)

A graph showing the population of Guyana from 1961 to 2003. The population decline in the 1980s can be clearly seen.

The State House, Guyana's presidential residence

Map of Guyana, showing the Essequibo River and (shaded dark) the river's drainage basin. Venezuela claims territory up to the western bank of the river. The historical claim by the UK included the river basin well into current-day Venezuela.

Cross-border bridge from Guyana to Brazil near Lethem

Providence Stadium as seen from the East Bank Highway

The Wapichan or Wapishana (or Wapisiana, Wapitxana, Vapidiana, Wapixana) are an indigenous group found in the Roraima area of northern Brazil and southern Guyana.

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There are nine indigenous tribes residing in Guyana: the Wai Wai, Macushi, Patamona, Lokono, Kalina, Wapishana, Pemon, Akawaio and Warao.

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Rupununi

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Region in the south-west of Guyana, bordering the Brazilian Amazon.

An Amerindian family traveling on the Rupununi River

The Rupununi River is one of the main tributaries of the Essequibo River and is located in southern Guyana.

Before the colonization of Guyana and the Rupununi region, the Makushi Amerindians, Wai-Wai and the Wapishana all inhabited the area.

Kanuku Mountains

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The Kanuku Mountains are a group of mountains in Guyana, located in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region.

The area around the mountains is inhabited by the Macushi and Wapishana people in 21 communities who use the resources of mountains for their subsistence living.