Santa Rosa is a community in the Barima-Waini region of northern Guyana.

[2] This predominantly Arawak[2] village is located on the Moruka River, 29 km from its mouth.

The village is actually a collection of eleven settlements[5] spread out in the Savannah wetlands along a ten-mile stretch of the Moruka River.

As of 1996, the area is governed by the Moruca Land Council with Santa Rosa as the main settlement.

[6] 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.