Karaudarnau
Village in Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Guyana
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Karaudarnau (also Lumid Pau) is an indigenous village of Wapishana Amerindians in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana. It is located in the Rupununi savannah on the Rupununi River.[2]
Karaudarnau
Lumid Pau | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Karaudarnau Location in Guyana | |
| Coordinates: 2.4068°N 59.4589°W | |
| Country |  Guyana |
| Region | Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo |
| Government | |
| • Toshao | Arnold Stephens[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 453.32 km2 (175.03 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,053 |
| • Density | 2.323/km2 (6.016/sq mi) |
Name
Overview
Karaudarnau has a school, a health post, a community centre,[1] and two churches.[2] As of 2017, education is bilingual in Wapishana and English.[4] The community has close links to the Brazilian Wapishana community[2] who live in the Jacamim Indigenous Territory.[5] The village has no access to the telephone network or internet,[6]
Karaudarnau has been awarded a territory of 453.32 square kilometres (175.03 sq mi).[1] There is a 2am curfew, and liquor has been banned in the community.[3] In 2018, the village was given access to clean drinking water by a joint exercise of the Brazilian Army and the Guyana Defence Force.[7] In May 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic the community blocked access to the gold mine.[8]
Transport
The nearest town is Lethem which is accessible by road.[1] Karaudarnau can also be reached from the Lumid Pau Airport.[9]
Economy
The economy of the village is based on livestock in particular cattle ranching and pig farming, agriculture,[2] and industrial-scale gold mining at the Marudi Mountain by Romanex Guyana Exploration.[10]