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'''Assakata''' or '''Asakata''' is a village in Barima-Waini region, in the north of Guyana. Assakata is an Amerindian village<ref>{{cite web|url=https://moipa.gov.gy/indigenous-villages/|title=Indigenous Villages|website=Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs|access-date=2020-08-18|archive-date=2017-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713132801/http://moipa.gov.gy/indigenous-villages/|url-status=dead}}</ref> inhabited by Warao and Lokono people,{{sfn|Atkinson|2016|p=71}} located in the swamps and marshes between the Barima and Pomeroon River.<ref name="chronicle">{{cite news|url=https://guyanachronicle.com/2012/12/23/assakata-where-modernity-is-slowly-replacing-the-traditional/|title=Assakata: where modernity is slowly replacing the traditional|website=Guyana Chronicle|access-date=18 August 2020}}</ref>
==History== Assakata was founded in 1938 as the Assakata mission,{{sfn|Atkinson|2016|p=71}} and is part of the North West Amerindian District.{{sfn|Atkinson|2016|p=30}} Since 1996, the area is governed by the Moruca Land Council with Santa Rosa as the main settlement.{{sfn|Atkinson|2016|p=44}} The population as of 2013 is approximately 300 people spread over four settlements.{{sfn|Atkinson|2016|p=71}}
==Overview== The economy is based on subsistence farming.{{sfn|Atkinson|2016|p=71}} Loggers used to be active in the region, however the village council ended all agreements in 2012.{{sfn|Atkinson|2016|p=73}} The village has a primary school and a health care centre,<ref name="chronicle"/> however the nearest secondary school is in Santa Rosa.{{sfn|Atkinson|2016|p=72}} The community began receiving electricity in 2004 when a diesel generator was donated by Monty Niathally, proprietor of Variety Woods and Greenheart Limited. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gina.gov.gy/archive/daily/b040207.html|title=Generating sets handed over to three hinterland communities|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050328213319/http://www.gina.gov.gy/archive/daily/b040207.html|access-date=21 August 2020|archive-date=2005-03-28}}</ref>
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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 |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 Category:Lokono villages Category:Warao