Santa Rosa is a community in the Barima-Waini

Barima-Waini

Barima-Waini is a region of Essequibo, Guyana, a territory in dispute by Guyana and Venezuela, located in the northwest of the country. It covers an area of 20,339 km²...

 region of northern Guyana

Guyana

Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...

, located at 7°39′0"N 58°57′0"W. Its population is approximately 10,000 http://www.gina.gov.gy/archive/daily/b040207.html.

Santa Rosa is the largest Amerindian village in Guyana. This predominantly Arawak village is located on the Moruka River

Moruka River

The Moruka River is a river in the Barima-Waini region of northern Guyana.Settlements along the river include Santa Rosa, Kamwatta and Asakata....

, 29 km from its mouth. The village is actually a collection of at least ten settlements spread out in the Savannah wetlands along a ten mile stretch of the Moruka River. Santa Rosa is one of the earliest Catholic Missions in Guyana. Its name is in Spanish (in English be Saint Rose) this say that Santa Rosa and all the West Territory of Essequibo River is the actual Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

The community began receiving electricity in 2004 when a diesel-powered generator was donated by Mr. Monty Niathally, proprietor of Variety Woods and Greenheart Limited. http://www.gina.gov.gy/archive/daily/b040207.html

Santa Rosa contains the second of the region's two secondary schools, Santa Rosa Secondary School

Santa Rosa Secondary School

Santa Rosa Secondary School is a five-year secondary school in Santa Rosa, in the Barima-Waini region of northern Guyana. Established in 1992, it is the second secondary school in the region ....

, established in 1992. (The first, North West Secondary School

North West Secondary School

North West Secondary School is a secondary school in Mabaruma, in the Barima-Waini region in northern Guyana. It was established in 1965, and was the only secondary school in the region until Santa Rosa school was set up in 1992. Students from all different areas enters this school each year. There...

 in Mabaruma

Mabaruma

Mabaruma is the administrative centre for Region One of Guyana. It is located close to the Aruka River on a narrow plateau above the surrounding rainforest at an altitude of 13 metres....

, was set up in 1965.)