Kavanayen
Kavanayén, known officially as Santa Teresita de Kavanayén, is an indigenous village inhabited mainly by the Pemons. It is located in the Canaima National Park in the Gran Sabana Municipality of Bolívar, in the Upper Caroní River.
- Type: Village with 1,500 residents
- Description: village in Bolívar, Venezuela
- Also known as: “Kanavayen” and “Kavanayén”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kavanayén Airstrip.
Kavanayén Airstrip
Aerodrome
Kavanayen Airport is an airstrip serving Kavanayén, an isolated village in the Bolívar State of Venezuela. The village is on the edge of a mesa, and the airstrip parallels the edge, 300 metres north of a 200-metre drop.
Kavanayen
- Category: locality
- Location: Gran Sabana Municipality, Bolívar, Guayana, Venezuela, South America
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Latitude
5.5857° or 5° 35′ 9″ north
Longitude
-61.75191° or 61° 45′ 7″ west
Population
1,500
Elevation
1,140 metres (3,740 feet)
IATA airport code
KAV
United Nations Location Code
VE KAV
Open location code
67QWH6PX+76
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Kavanayen” goes by many names.
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kavanayén HLS and Alto de Valeriano.
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