Kasuela

Kasuela
Cashew Island
village
Kasuela is located in Guyana
Kasuela
Kasuela
Location in Guyana
Coordinates: 3°16′39″N 57°35′58″W / 3.27750°N 57.59944°W / 3.27750; -57.59944
Country Guyana
RegionEast Berbice-Corentyne
Government
 • ToshaoKenke Jaimo[1]
Population
 (2014)[2]
 • Total80
Time zoneUTC-4
ClimateAf

Kasuela (also Cashew Island, Kasjoe Eiland and Casuela) is an indigenous village of the Tiriyó people[3] in the East Berbice-Corentyne region of Guyana. The village has a population of about 80 people.[2] The inhabitants are of the subgroup Mawayana [nl] or the Frog people.[4]

The village is located inside the disputed Tigri Area.

  1. ^ "Dorpen en Dorpsbesturen". Vereniging van inheemse dorpshoofden Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference chronicle was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  4. ^ Mans 2011, p. 209-210.