Wakenaam is an island of about 17.5 square miles (45 km2) at the mouth of the Essequibo River of Guyana.

Wakenaam has multiple villages which include Maria's Pleasure, Good Success, Sans Souci, Melville, Belle Plaine, Sarah, Zeelandia, Friendship, Bank Hall, Meer Zorg, Caledonia, Free and Easy, Arthurville, Palmyra, Maria Johanna, Domburg, Fredericksburg, Noitgedacht, Rush Brook and Ridge.

[1] The island population consists of mainly people of Indian and African descent, with smaller percentages of the descendants of other races.

[citation needed] The economy of Wakenaam is based on agriculture.

[1] Its inhabitants also raise cattle both for milk and for meat and engage in fishing, though this is done on a small, private scale.