Issano

Issano is a village of Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region 7), Guyana. It's located along the Mazaruni River, and is a hub for mining.

Issano
Village
Issano Location in Guyana
Coordinates: 5°48′49″N 59°25′25″W / 5.81361°N 59.42361°W / 5.81361; -59.42361
Country	Guyana
Region	Cuyuni-Mazaruni
Population  (2012)^[1]
• Total	220

In 2012, the population was 220.^[2] Issano is a mostly Amerindian community. It has a primary school (Saint Martin's^[3]), health centre^[4] and airstrip (ICAO: SYIS^[5]).^[6] The main overland roadway is the Issano road, which runs 75 miles (121 km) from the Bartica/Potaro road and extends approximately 52 miles (84 km) to the Issano landing.^[7]

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.^[8] 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.^[9][10]

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.^[11]

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.^[12]

See also

• Mining in Guyana

References

1. "2012 Population by Village". Statistics Guyana. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
2. "Publications – Bureau of Statistics – Guyana". Retrieved 2020-12-28.
3. "Primary". education.gov.gy. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
4. "Sunken dredge affecting medical supplies reaching Issano". Department of Public Information. 2016-10-04. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
5. "Airports". Guyana Aviation. 2014-07-12. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
6. GTIMES (2020-09-16). "Cocaine found on plane weighs 390kg". Guyana Times. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
7. "Relocation ahead for 14 Mile Issano community". Stabroek News. 2014-04-20. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
8. "Earth matters…". Guyana Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
9. "Aussie gold company says GDP will grow 8.7% after three years of its operations". Stabroek News. 2015-07-27. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
10. "Relocation ahead for 14 Mile Issano community". Stabroek News. 2014-04-20. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
11. "Health Ministry enlisting grassroots support in malaria fight". Stabroek News. 2013-02-09. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
12. Denis Williams: A Life in Works: New and Collected Essays. BRILL. 2009-01-01. ISBN 978-90-420-2792-3.