Santa Rosa | |
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 Santa Rosa Secondary School | |
  Santa Rosa Location in Guyana | |
| Coordinates: 7°39′0″N58°57′0″W / 7.65000°N 58.95000°W | |
| Country |  Guyana |
| Region | Barima-Waini |
| Population (2012) [1] | |
• Total | 913 |
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]
The population of the mostly-Arawak [2] 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] The villiage is made from eleven settlements [5] on wetlands on 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]
Santa Rosa + Santa Rosa mission
Atkinson, Sharon (2016). OUR LAND, OUR LIFE (PDF). Amerindian Peoples Association and Forest Peoples Programme. ISBN 978-0-9935190-7-9.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
