Kumaka, East Berbice-Corentyne
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Kumaka is a village in the East Berbice–Corentyne region of Guyana
. It stands on the right bank of the upper Essequibo River
, about 35 km above Apoteri
and the confluence of the Rupununi River with the Essequibo, at an elevation of 105 metres (344 ft). Kumaka has a population of about 2190 as of 2007.
Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
. It stands on the right bank of the upper Essequibo River
Essequibo River
The Esequibo River is the largest river in Guyana, and the largest river between the Orinoco and Amazon. Rising in the Acarai Mountains near the Brazil-Guyana border, the Essequibo flows to the north for 1,010 km through forest and savanna into the Atlantic Ocean.-Geography:There are countless...
, about 35 km above Apoteri
Apoteri
Apoteri is a community in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana, near the confluence of the Rupununi River with the Essequibo, at an altitude of 53 metres . There is an airstrip near Apoteri....
and the confluence of the Rupununi River with the Essequibo, at an elevation of 105 metres (344 ft). Kumaka has a population of about 2190 as of 2007.