Suisuimënë or Xuixuimënë is an Apalaí-

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, Surina ...

village on the Eastern

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in the state of

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. Suisuimënë is one of the larger villages along the Paru river and has an airstrip. Jehje Wayana is the chief of the village. Apart from its Apalaí-Wayana majority, the village also has a small

Wayampi The Wayampi or Wayãpi are an indigenous people located in the south-eastern border area of French Guiana at the confluence of the rivers Camopi and Oyapock, and the basins of the Amapari and Carapanatuba Rivers in the central part of the state ...

community.

Geography

Suisuimënë lies about downstream the Paru river from the village of Kurupohpano and about upstream from the village of Jolokoman.

Demographics

In June 2016, Suisuimënë had 69 inhabitants, of whom 41 were

, 17 were Apalaí and 11 were

Notes

References

* * Populated places in Pará {{Pará-geo-stub