Place:Kwakwani, Upper Demerara-Berbice, Guyana

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NameKwakwani
TypeCity
Located inUpper Demerara-Berbice, Guyana


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Kwakwani is a mining and logging village on the Berbice River in the Upper Demerara-Berbice Region of Guyana. Its altitude is 44 metres (147 feet). Kwakwani is approximately 100 km south of Linden. In 1942, the Berbice Bauxite Company opened a Bauxite Mining in the area which is the main industry of the village. The population as of 2012 is about 2,504 people.[1]

The village has a school and a clinic.[2] It can be access via the unpaved road from Linden to Kwakani via Ituni, and is one of the many gateways to the interior of Guyana.[2] The village is also home to Kwakwani Airport.

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