Wakapau

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The Arawak village of Wakapau (or Wakapoa) is located in the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region of Guyana, on the Wakapau River, a tributary on the west bank of the Pomeroon River, Script error: No such module "convert". from its mouth. The name originates from the Lokono word ‘Wakokwãn’, which means pigeon.[1] The village is composed of twenty inhabited islands. Some of the islands only contain a single family.[2]

Wakapau was one of the ten original "Indian reservations" of British Guiana.[3] The village is an example of an Amerindian community that has not only preserved the traditional Arawak culture, but also retained its tribal language.[4] The community consists of island settlements in the swamps surrounded by forests. The economy is based on logging, subsistence farming and boat services.[5]

It has three primary and one secondary school.[6]

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