Pëleya, also spelt as Péléa, is a
Wayana
The Wayana (alternate names: Ajana, Uaiana, Alucuyana, Guaque, Ojana, Oyana, Orcocoyana, Pirixi, Urukuena, Waiano etc.) are a Carib-speaking people located in the southeastern part of the Guiana highlands, a region divided between Brazil, Suri ...
village on an island in the
Litani River
The Litani River ( ar, نهر الليطاني, Nahr al-Līṭānī), the classical Leontes ( grc-gre, Λέοντες, Léontes, lions), is an important water resource in southern Lebanon. The river rises in the fertile Beqaa Valley, west of B ...
.
Geography
Pëleya lies about downstream the Litani River from the village of
Palimino and upstream the Litani River from the village of
Palasisi.
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Indigenous villages in French Guiana
Maripasoula
Villages in French Guiana
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