Koriabo

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Koriabo is a community in the Barima-Waini region of Guyana, standing at an altitude of 36 metres. Barima and Koriba form an Amerindian community{{cite web|url=https://moaa.gov.gy/indigenous-villages/|title=Indigenous villages|website=Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs|access-date=21 August 2020}} which is mainly inhabited by Warao people with a minority of Arawak and Kalina people.{{sfn|Atkinson|2016|p=100}}

Dutch plantations were established in the area in the 1760s.{{cite web|url=http://www.guyana.org/features/guyanastory/chapter21.html|title=SPANISH RAIDS ON DUTCH TERRITORY (1758-1768)|website=Guyana.org|access-date=16 August 2020}} Koriabo was established as a mission in 1946.{{sfn|Atkinson|2016|p=100}} The economy is based on subsistence farming.{{sfn|Atkinson|2016|p=100}} Gold mining in the area is threatening the water supply.{{sfn|Atkinson|2016|p=103}}

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Bibliography

{{cite book|last1=Atkinson|first1=Sharon|year=2016|url=http://www.forestpeoples.org/sites/fpp/files/publication/2016/12/fppguyanaltainternet.pdf|title=OUR LAND, OUR LIFE|website=Forest Peoples|publisher=Amerindian Peoples Association and Forest Peoples Programme|isbn=978-0-9935190-7-9}}

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Category:Populated places in Barima-Waini

Category:Indigenous villages in Guyana

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