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Annai, Guyana

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people. Annai is one of the northernmost Macushi Amerindian villages in the North Rupununi Savannahs. It is mainly an agriculture community living on cassava and peanut farming, and cattle ranching. Electricity is provided by
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coast begins. It is nestled in the foothills of the Pakaraima Mountains, and is close to the Rupununi River. Annai, considered to be the gateway to the Rupununi, is approximately 15 miles (24 km) north of
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Annai is home to the Rock View Ecotourism Resort, an old ranch built in the 1950s. Rock View is a good base for trips to the
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Kwatamang is a satellite village of Annai that was settled in 1948, and a school was built there in 1990.
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Annai stands at an altitude of 95 metres (314 feet), at the edge of the
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and is 416 km (258 mi) by road from the nation's capital,
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Much of the population of the area are members of the
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Annai
Annai (2014)
Annai is located in Guyana
3°57′N 59°08′W / 3.950°N 59.133°W / 3.950; -59.133
Guyana
Region
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo
Guyana
Rupununi savannah
Atlantic
Karanambo
Georgetown
Macushi
solar power
Annai's airstrip
NAI
Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development


"Annai Central"
"2012 Population by Village"


"Annai Central | Ministry of Amerindian Affairs"
"The historical Rupununi Cattle Trail"


"A community in Guyana relies on indigenous knowledge in conservation"

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