Santa Rosa, Guyana

Santa Rosa is a community in the Barima-Waini region of northern Guyana. Santa Rosa mission was established in 1840,[2] and is one of the earliest Catholic Missions in Guyana.[3] The village is part of the North West Amerindian District.[4]

Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa Secondary School
Santa Rosa
Location in Guyana
Coordinates: 7°39′0″N 58°57′0″W
Country Guyana
RegionBarima-Waini
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total913

Overview

The population of the village and the mission is 913 people as of 2012,[1] however the area has a population of 6,046 people as of 2013[2] making Santa Rosa is the largest Amerindian settlement in Guyana.[2] This predominantly Arawak[2] village is located on the Moruka River, 29 km from its mouth. The village is actually a collection of eleven settlements[5] spread out in the Savannah wetlands along a ten-mile stretch of the Moruka River. As of 1996, the area is governed by the Moruca Land Council with Santa Rosa as the main settlement.[6]

The community began receiving electricity in 2004 when a diesel-powered generator was donated by Mr. Monty Niathally, proprietor of Variety Woods and Greenheart Limited.[7]

Santa Rosa contains a secondary school, Santa Rosa Secondary School,[5] established in 1991,[8] and a health centre.[5] (The first, North West Secondary School in Mabaruma, was set up in 1965.) The economy is mainly based on subsistence farming.[5]

Notable people

References
  1. "2012 Population by Village". Statistics Guyana. Retrieved 20 August 2020. Santa Rosa + Santa Rosa mission
  2. Atkinson 2016, p. 54.
  3. Catholic Churches in Moruka River, Guyana
  4. Atkinson 2016, p. 30.
  5. Atkinson 2016, p. 55.
  6. Atkinson 2016, p. 44.
  7. Government Information Agency (GINA)
  8. "Santa Rosa Secondary School was founded in 1991 not 1994". Stabroek News. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  9. "Propagating the Memory of Indigenous Hero, Stephen Campbell". Guyana Chronicle. Retrieved 8 September 2020.

Bibliography

Atkinson, Sharon (2016). "OUR LAND, OUR LIFE" (PDF). Forest Peoples. Amerindian Peoples Association and Forest Peoples Programme. ISBN 978-0-9935190-7-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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