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'''Orealla''' (or '''Orealla Mission''') is an [[Amerindian]] community in the [[East Berbice-Corentyne]] Region of [[Guyana]], on the [[Courantyne River]], approximately 33 miles south of [[Crabwood Creek]] and 11 miles north of [[Epira]], located at {{ |
'''Orealla''' (or '''Orealla Mission''') is an [[Amerindian]] community in the [[East Berbice-Corentyne]] Region of [[Guyana]], on the [[Courantyne River]], approximately 33 miles south of [[Crabwood Creek]] and 11 miles north of [[Epira]], located at {{coord|5|19|0|N|57|19|60|W| }}, altitude 11 metres. |
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Orealla is the only Amerindian community that has had the boundaries of its reservation demarcated, with a total area of 266 square miles. |
Orealla is the only Amerindian community that has had the boundaries of its reservation demarcated, with a total area of 266 square miles. |
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Revision as of 01:22, 3 October 2008
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| Country |  Guyana |
| Region | East Berbice-Corentyne |
| Elevation | 36 ft (11 m) |
Orealla (or Orealla Mission) is an Amerindian community in the East Berbice-Corentyne Region of Guyana, on the Courantyne River, approximately 33 miles south of Crabwood Creek and 11 miles north of Epira, located at 5°19′0″N 57°19′60″W / 5.31667°N 57.33333°W Coordinates: longitude seconds >= 60
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Orealla is the only Amerindian community that has had the boundaries of its reservation demarcated, with a total area of 266 square miles.
The recent involvement of Orealla with the Barama company, the product of which has been a local ecological and economic disaster,[citation needed] demonstrates a major weakness of the reservation system, which while providing a large degree of autonomy to Amerindian communities may also cut them off somewhat from central sources of advice and assistance, exposing them to such predatory incursions from outside parties.
Small ocean-going vessels are able to navigate the Courantyne River for about 70 km, to the first rapids at Orealla.
Novelist Roy Heath has written about Orealla.