Kamarang

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Kamarang is an Amerindian village,{{cite web|url=https://moipa.gov.gy/indigenous-villages/|title=Indigenous village|website=Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs|access-date=18 August 2020|archive-date=13 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713132801/http://moipa.gov.gy/indigenous-villages/|url-status=dead}} standing at the confluence of the Kamarang River and Mazaruni River, in the Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region of Guyana.

File:Approach_of_Kamarang_Airstrip.jpg]]

Kamarang has a primary school,{{cite web|url=https://dpi.gov.gy/30m-primary-school-for-kamarang/|title=$30M primary school for Kamarang|website=Department of Public Information|access-date=17 August 2020}} hospital,{{cite web|url=https://dpi.gov.gy/new-doctors-quarters-extension-of-district-hospital-for-kamarang/|title=New Doctors' Quarters, extension of District Hospital for Kamarang|website=Department of Public Information|access-date=17 August 2020}} police station{{cite web|url=https://newsroom.gy/2016/11/16/numbers-key-personnel-policing-divisions/|title=Contact numbers for key personnel in all policing divisions|website=Stabroek News|access-date=17 August 2020}} and can be accessed by air via the Kamarang Airport.{{cite web|url=https://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/SYKM|title=Kamarang Airport|website=Sky Brary|access-date=17 August 2020}}

The village has seen extensive economic growth at the start of the 21st century because of gold and diamond mining; however, as of 2019, the output has started to decline.{{cite web|url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2019/11/08/business/mined-out-areas-cool-kamarangs-once-raging-gold-fever/|title=Mined-out areas cool Kamarang’s once raging gold fever|website=Stabroek News|access-date=17 August 2020}} Its altitude is 490 metres (1601 feet).