Kwakwani

Kwakwani
Kwakwani
Basisdaten
Staat Guyana
Region Upper Demerara-Berbice
ISO 3166-2 GY-UD
5.2833333333333-58.05

Kwakwani ist eine Gemeinde am Berbice-Fluss in der Provinz Upper Demerara-Berbice im östlichen Teil Guyanas.

Kwakwani liegt etwa 40 Kilometer südlich von Linden. Der Abbau von Bauxit ist der Hauptindustriezweig. In Kwakwani gibt es eine High-School, eine Fährverbindung nach New Amsterdam wird es Ende 2008 geben[1]. Der Ort verfügt über einen Flughafen mit der Kennung SYKW[2].

Während der Überschwemmung im Januar 2005, in der auch Kwakwani betroffen war, wurde die Straßenverbindung zwischen Linden und dem Ort zerstört[3].

Einzelnachweise

  1. http://www.topix.com/gy/east-berbice-corentyne/2008/05/na-to-kwakwani-ferry-before-year-end
  2. http://www.pictaero.com/en/airports/airport,gy,sykw
  3. http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/VBOL-6D4GTG?OpenDocument

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