Karinambo (also Karanambo) is a village in
Guyana
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.
Charles Barrington Brown stayed in the
Amerindian
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village near the
Takutu Savanna in the 1870s.
It is situated along the upper
Rupununi, 45 km north of the
Kanuku Mountains. Karanambo's population as of the 2012 census is 19.
In the 1920s, Edward “Tiny” McTurk chose the area as a headquarters for balata bleeding midway between the confluence of the Essequibo and the Rupununi River. The area experiences heavy flooding during the rainy season, except at Karanambo, but the area was not already significantly settled due to negative legends about the area.
The
Rupununi savannah became a major cattle producing region, and Karanambo was a ranch during that time. After the decline in beef prices, Karanambo came to use for eco-tourism; fishing, bird-watching, or other outdoor exploration. Considered "out of touch with the rest of the world", the area lacks phones, postal facilities, proper roads or public transport.
Evelyn Waugh
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's
A Handful of Dust is a fictionalized account of the author's experience in the region.
provides service into the area.
References
Populated places in Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo
Indigenous villages in Guyana
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