Aishalton

Aishalton
Amerindian Village
Aishalton is located in Guyana
Aishalton
Aishalton
Location in Guyana
Coordinates: 2°31′N 59°15′W / 2.517°N 59.250°W / 2.517; -59.250
Country Guyana
RegionUpper Takutu-Upper Essequibo
Sub-sectionSouth/Deep South
Government
 • ToshaoBernard Conrad (2012)[1]
Area
[1]
 • Total166 sq mi (430 km2)
Elevation
[2]
614 ft (187 m)
Population
 (2012)[3]
 • Total1,069
 • Ethnicities
Wapishana

Aishalton is an Amerindian village that is situated in the Rupununi savannah of southern Guyana, in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region (Region 9) of the country.[4][5]

It is the administrative centre for the southern sub-district of Region 9.[6] In 2012, an official census recorded a population of 1,069 people in Aishalton, making it the third most highly populated village in Region 9 (after St. Ignatius and Lethem), and the most populated village in the southern sub-district.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Aishalton". Ministry of Indigenous Peoples' Affairs. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  2. ^ Aishalton, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Guyana (Map). Google Earth. 2012.
  3. ^ a b "2012 Population by Village". Statistics Guyana. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Aishalton abustle with Heritage Day preparations". Guyana Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  5. ^ Taylor, Liam (November–December 2005). "Aishalton Diary". Caribbean Beat. 76. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Pereira2009 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).