Kabakaburi
Kabakaburi Village | |
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Amerindian Village | |
Entrance to Kabakaburi Village from the Pomeroon River | |
Kabakaburi Village Location in Guyana | |
| Coordinates: 7°14′45″N 58°43′48″W / 7.24583°N 58.73000°W | |
| Country | Guyana |
| Region | Pomeroon-Supenaam |
| Kabakaburi | 1845 |
| Founded by | William Henry Brett |
| Government | |
| • Toshao | Monty Simon (2021) |
| Population (2012) | |
• Total | 464 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 |
Kabakaburi is an Amerindian village in the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region of Guyana on the Pomeroon River, 56 km (35 mi) from its mouth. The village was founded in 1845 by William Henry Brett on the location where Fort Durban used to be.
The name of the village is Arawak for "the place with the itching bush", in reference to the irritant wild arum (Dieffenbachia paludicola). The Arawak named this plant "jotoro", and named the location it grew "kabo kabura," which morphed into the present name.
The village has four subdivisions; Macaseema, Waiwaro, the Mission (Kabakaburi), and Aripiaco.