Karinambo (also Karanambo) is a village in
Guyana
Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...
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Charles Barrington Brown stayed in the
Amerindian village near the
Takutu Savanna in the 1870s.
It is situated along the upper
Rupununi, 45 km north of the
Kanuku Mountains. Karanambo's population as of the 2012 census is 19.
In the 1920s, Edward “Tiny” McTurk chose the area as a headquarters for balata bleeding midway between the confluence of the Essequibo and the Rupununi River. The area experiences heavy flooding during the rainy season, except at Karanambo, but the area was not already significantly settled due to negative legends about the area.
The
Rupununi savannah
The Rupununi savannah is a savanna plain in Guyana, in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region. It is part of the Guianan savanna ecoregion of the tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome.
Description
The Rupununi Savan ...
became a major cattle producing region, and Karanambo was a ranch during that time. After the decline in beef prices, Karanambo came to use for eco-tourism; fishing, bird-watching, or other outdoor exploration. Considered "out of touch with the rest of the world", the area lacks phones, postal facilities, proper roads or public transport.
Evelyn Waugh's
A Handful of Dust
''A Handful of Dust'' is a novel by the British writer Evelyn Waugh. First published in 1934, it is often grouped with the author's early, satirical comic novels for which he became famous in the pre–World War II years. Commentators have, h ...
is a fictionalized account of the author's experience in the region.
Karanambo Airport
Karanambo Airport is an airport serving the village of Karanambo, in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana.
See also
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* List of airports in Guyana
* Transport in Guyana The transport sector comprises the physical infrastructure, ...
provides service into the area.
References
Populated places in Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo
Indigenous villages in Guyana
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