Kavanayén, known officially as Santa Teresita de Kavanayén, is an indigenous village inhabited mainly by the
Pemons.
[Gutiérrez Salazar, Mariano. 1993: “Kavanayen su pequeña historia”. Imprenta Gráficos Dalí. Caracas Venezuela.][Aguerrevere, S.E., López, Víctor M., Delgado O. C. y Freeman, C.A. 1939:"Exploración de la Gran Sabana". En: "Exploración de Guayana". Interaalumina, Editorial el Arte Caracas - Venezuela 1983.] It is located in the
Canaima National Park
Canaima National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Canaima) is a park in south-eastern Venezuela that roughly occupies the same area as the Gran Sabana region. It is located in Bolívar State, reaching the borders with Brazil and Guyana.
History
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in the
Gran Sabana Municipality
The Municipio Gran Sabana is one of the 11 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Bolívar and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 28, ...
of
Bolívar, in the Upper
Caroní River.
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Populated places in Bolívar (state)