Aishalton
Sign in to saveAishalton is an Amerindian village that is situated in the Rupununi savannah of southern Guyana, in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region (Region 9) of the country.
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Aishalton
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Amerindian Village
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- Aishalton during the August Games in 2010
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- Guyana
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- bottom
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- Location in Guyana
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- Country
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- 25px Guyana
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- Region
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- Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo
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- Sub-section
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- South/Deep South
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- disputed territory
- Country
- Venezuela
- Located in
- Guayana Esequiba
- Continent
- South America
- Population
- +1069
- Elevation
- +187
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Article
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Archaeology and the Aishalton Petroglyphs
- Location
- Transport
- Services and facilities
- Population and culture
- References
Aishalton is an Amerindian village that is situated in the Rupununi savannah of southern Guyana, in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region (Region 9) of the country.
It is the administrative centre for the southern sub-district of Region 9. In 2012, an official census recorded a population of 1,069 people in Aishalton, making it the third most highly populated village in Region 9 (after St. Ignatius and Lethem), and the most populated village in the southern sub-district.