Sawariwau Village is said to be the oldest Wapichan Village in the Southern Rupununi. It was established or founded in the mid-eighteenth century. Sawariwau got its name from a particular type of palm that grows along the nearby creek, the Wapichan Nord. The village is situated 70 miles south of Lethem and 21 miles east of the Brazilian border of the Takutu River.

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