Issano
{{Infobox settlement
| name =
| official_name = Issano
| image_map =
| settlement_type = Village
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = 25px Guyana
| population_footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://statisticsguyana.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Population_By_Village_2012.zip |title=2012 Population by Village|website=Statistics Guyana|access-date=16 August 2020}}
| population_total = 220
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Cuyuni-Mazaruni
| coordinates = {{Coord|5|48|49|N|59|25|25|W|region:GY||display=inline}}
| population_as_of = 2012
| pushpin_map = Guyana
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Guyana
| coordinates_footnotes =
}}
Issano is a village of Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region 7), Guyana. It is located along the Mazaruni River, and is a hub for mining.
In 2012, the population was 220.{{Cite web|title=Publications – Bureau of Statistics – Guyana|url=https://statisticsguyana.gov.gy/publications/|access-date=2020-12-28}} Issano is a mostly Amerindian community. It has a primary school (Saint Martin's{{Cite web|title=Primary|url=https://education.gov.gy/web/index.php/who-we-are/schools/primary|access-date=2020-12-28|website=education.gov.gy}}), health centre{{Cite web|date=2016-10-04|title=Sunken dredge affecting medical supplies reaching Issano|url=https://dpi.gov.gy/sunken-dredge-affecting-medical-supplies-reaching-issano/|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Department of Public Information}} and airstrip (ICAO: SYIS{{Cite web|date=2014-07-12|title=Airports|url=https://guyanaaviation.com/guyana-airports/|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Guyana Aviation}}).{{Cite web|last=GTIMES|date=2020-09-16|title=Cocaine found on plane weighs 390kg|url=https://guyanatimesgy.com/cocaine-found-on-plane-weighs-390kg/|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Guyana Times}} The main overland roadway is the Issano road, which runs {{convert|75|mi}} from the Bartica/Potaro road and extends approximately {{convert|52|mi}} to the Issano landing.{{Cite web|date=2014-04-20|title=Relocation ahead for 14 Mile Issano community|url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2014/04/20/news/guyana/relocation-ahead-14-mile-issano-community/|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Stabroek News}}
Mining
Geologically, Issano lies on the Barama-Mazaruni Supergroup, a formation composed of greenstone belts, which are rich with metals, and gold is abundant along these edges.{{Cite web|title=Earth matters…|url=https://guyanachronicle.com/2012/04/07/earth-matters-7/|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Guyana Chronicle}} The 14 Mile Issano Landing Area was licensed to be mined as an open-pit operation by Troy Resources, but residents' demand to stay in the area prompted Troy to adjust their license to a different area. By 2015, the area had already been occupied for thirty years.{{Cite web|date=2015-07-27|title=Aussie gold company says GDP will grow 8.7% after three years of its operations|url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2015/07/27/news/guyana/aussie-gold-company-says-gdp-will-grow-8-7-after-three-years-of-its-operations/|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Stabroek News}}{{Cite web|date=2014-04-20|title=Relocation ahead for 14 Mile Issano community|url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2014/04/20/news/guyana/relocation-ahead-14-mile-issano-community/|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Stabroek News}}
Issano has high rates of malaria, due to more people moving to the hinterlands for mining and vectors created from water collecting in holes dug for mining purposes.{{Cite web|date=2013-02-09|title=Health Ministry enlisting grassroots support in malaria fight|url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2013/02/09/news/guyana/health-ministry-enlisting-grassroots-support-in-malaria-fight/|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Stabroek News}}
Notable resident
In 1968 Guyanese artist and archeologist Denis Williams built a homestead in Issano, where he made his first archeological excavation in Guyana, finding Amerindian artifacts.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h_l5DwAAQBAJ&q=issano&pg=PA82|title=Denis Williams: A Life in Works: New and Collected Essays|date=2009-01-01|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-420-2792-3}}