San Francisco de Wayo
| San Francisco de Wayo | ||
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Coordinates: 9 ° 3 ′ N , 61 ° 29 ′ W San Francisco de Wayo on the map of Delta Amacuro
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| Country | Venezuela | |
| State | Delta Amacuro | |
| City foundation | 1941 | |
| Residents | 1176 (2001) | |
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| Waters | Orinoco Delta | |
| prefix | 0288 | |
| Time zone | UTC -4: 30 | |
San Francisco de Wayo is a Warao Indian village in the Venezuelan state of Delta Amacuro . In 2001 it had 1176 inhabitants.
Wayo had been a Warao settlement for a long time when the Capuchin Fr. Basilio María de Barral built the San Francisco de Wayo (or Guayo) mission station there in 1942 . He later built a school for Warao children there.
Individual evidence
- ↑ LÍNEA BASE (Proyecto CHV-EFM 11) Informe final ( Memento from November 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive )