Port Kaituma
Port Kaituma is a small village within the Barima-Waini administrative region of Guyana. It became known internationally as a gateway village to the Peoples Temple settlement in nearby Jonestown. It has long been a hub for mining in the area.
Photo: Closedavid, Public domain.- Type: Town
- Description: Locality controlled de facto by Guyana and claimed by Venezuela from Guyana
- Also known as: “Kaituma”, “Port-Kaituma”, “Порт-Кайтума”, and “포트 카이투마”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Port Kaituma Airport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jonestown.
Jonestown
Locality
The Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, better known… Jonestown is situated 8 km southwest of Port Kaituma.
Port Kaituma
- Categories: human settlement, disputed territory, and locality
- Location: Barima-Waini, Guyana, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
7.72963° or 7° 43′ 47″ north
Longitude
-59.88528° or 59° 53′ 7″ west
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
IATA airport code
PKM
UN/LOCODE
GY PKM
Open location code
68V2P4H7+VV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Urdu—“Port Kaituma” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Порт Кайтума”
- Cebuano: “Port Kaituma”
- Chinese: “凱圖馬港”
- Chinese: “卡提瑪港”
- Dutch: “Port Kaituma”
- French: “Port Kaituma”
- German: “Port Kaituma”
- Italian: “Port Kaituma”
- Japanese: “ポート・カイトゥマ”
- Korean: “포트카이투마”
- Lithuanian: “Port Kaituma”
- Portuguese: “Port Kaituma”
- Russian: “Порт Кайтума”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Port Kaituma”
- Slovenian: “Port Kaituma”
- Spanish: “Port Kaituma”
- Swedish: “Port Kaituma”
- Urdu: “پورٹ کائٹوما”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Indina River and Sebai.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Police.
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