Santa Rosa | |
|---|---|
 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 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]
The Santa Rosa First Peoples Community is the major organisation of indigenous people in Trinidad and Tobago. The Caribs of Arima are descended from the original Amerindian inhabitants of Trinidad; Amerindians from the former encomiendas of Tacarigua and Arauca (Arouca) were resettled to Arima between 1784 and 1786. The SRCC was incorporated in 1973 to preserve the culture of the Caribs of Arima and maintain their role in the annual Santa Rosa Festival.
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Santa Rosa + Santa Rosa mission
Atkinson, Sharon (2016). OUR LAND, OUR LIFE (PDF). Forest Peoples. Amerindian Peoples Association and Forest Peoples Programme. ISBN 978-0-9935190-7-9.
