Surama
Encyclopedia
Surama is a Macushi
village in central Guyana
with a population of about 200 people. The village is bounded by the Iwokrama Forest
protected area, the Burro-Burro River
, and the Pacaraima Mountains
.
Macushi
The Macuxi are an ethnic group of southern Guyana and northern Brazil. There are approximately 15,000 Macushi speakers in Brazil and 9,000 in Guyana.-Origins:...
village in central Guyana
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...
with a population of about 200 people. The village is bounded by the Iwokrama Forest
Iwokrama Forest
The Iwokrama Forest is nearly 3710 square kilometres of central Guyana located in the heart of the Guiana Shield, one of the four last pristine tropical forests in the world,...
protected area, the Burro-Burro River
Burro-Burro River
-References:* Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.*...
, and the Pacaraima Mountains
Pacaraima Mountains
The Pacaraima or Pakaraima Mountains are the mountains of Guyana, lying in southwestern part of this country and shares borders with Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela, extending from west to east for over . Its highest peak is Mount Roraima at above sea level, surrounded by cliffs high....
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