Kowanyama, Queensland

Kowanyama wani gari ne da ke cikin yankin teku a cikin Aboriginal Shire na Kowanyama, Queensland, Australia . 

Shi ne shafin yanar gizon tsohon Mitchell River Mission, wanda aka kafa a 1916, bayan da aka watsar da Ofishin Jakadancin Trubanamen da ke kusa (wanda aka kafa ba da nisa a kan Topsy Creek a 1905) 

A cikin ƙidayar shekara ta 2006, garin Kowanyama yana da yawan mutane 1,017. 

 Yanayin ƙasa 
Garin yana kan yankin Cape York . Yana da iyaka zuwa yamma ta Gulf of Carpentaria kuma zuwa arewa ta Kogin Coleman (15°04′12′′S 141°38′54′′E / 15.0700°S 141.6483°E / -15.0700; 141.6683 (Coleman River (mouth))).

Ƙaunar Kowanyama (da kuma shire na asalin ƙasar Kowanyama wanda ke da iyaka iri ɗaya) yana da yanki na ƙasa..

Kogin Mitchell ya shiga garin daga yamma (Maramie) kuma ya fita zuwa arewa maso yamma zuwa Gulf of Carpentaria . Yayin da kogin ya kusanci Gulf, ya rabu zuwa magudanan ruwa guda biyu a kusa da tsibirin Wallaby (15°12′01′′S 141°39′01′′E / 15.2002°S 141.6502°E / -15.2002;  141.6602 (Wallaby Island)) tare da reshen kudancin da ke riƙe da sunan Mitchell River (tare da bakin 15°11′55′′S 141′29′′E / 151.1986°S 141.5°S 149.18) (Mitchell River) da arewacin638""

Aboriginal mutanen da ke zaune a cikin wannan al'umma sun haɗa da mutanen Kokominjena, Kokoberra da Kunjen na mutanen Yir-Yoront.  A yaren Yir-Yoront, Kowanyama na nufin “Wurin ruwa da yawax]

Kowanyama yana shiga ta tashar jiragen sama na kowane yanayi, da kuma hanyoyin da ba a rufe ba a lokacin rani daga Pormpuraaw zuwa arewa, Normanton zuwa kudu da Cairns a gabas.

Kunjen (wanda aka fi sani da Koko Wanggara, Ngundjan da Olkola) yare ne na Yammacin Cape York . Yankin yaren Kunjen ya haɗa da shimfidar wuri a cikin iyakokin karamar hukuma na Majalisar Al'umma ta Kowanyama da Majalisar Cook Shire . 
An buɗe Makarantar Jihar Kowanyama a watan Janairun shekara ta 1904.  Tun daga farkon shekara ta 2014, makarantar ta fara yin rajistar dalibai a cikin shirin hanyoyi na shekara 11 da 12.

A cikin 1905, an kafa Ofishin Jakadancin Trubanamen a cikin ƙasa a kan Topsy Creek, kuma an cire mutanen Aboriginal na yankin daga ƙasashensu na kakanninsu zuwa cikin ƙauyen. Daga baya, a cikin 1916, an kafa Ofishin Jakadancin Mitchell River a shafin yanar gizon Kowanyama na yanzu kuma an watsar da shafin Trubanamen. Wasu mutane sun ci gaba da zama a ƙasashensu na gargajiya, kawai suna ƙaura zuwa Kowanyama a cikin shekarun 1940.

In 1964, a cyclone destroyed the mission.  The Queensland government funded the rebuilding.

Kowanyama Post Office ya buɗe a shekara ta 1967. 

A cikin Yuli 1987, Gwamnatin Jihar Queensland ta aiwatar da doka don DOGIT (Deed of Grant in Trust) akan filaye a cikin Kogin Mitchell, yanki mai fadin murabba'in kilomita 250 (97 sq mi).  Aikin ya shafi filayen gargajiya na mutanen Kowanyama.  Kamar sauran al'ummomin DOGIT na lokacin, Kowanyama yana da Majalisar Gari da ƴan Asalin da ke zaune a cikin al'umma suka zaɓa.  Sabuwar Majalisar Kowanyama da aka kafa ta dauki alhakin aiwatar da wasu sharudda na DOGIT.  Zaɓaɓɓun mazauna ƙabila bakwai suna gudanar da wa'adin mulki na shekaru uku..[<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2021)">citation needed</span>]

Tun daga shekarun 1990s, yawancin mutanen Kowanyama suna komawa ƙasashensu ta hanyar Homelands Movement.

Sauran wuraren gida, da suka haɗa da Lease na Musicers Pastoral Lease da Sefton Pastoral Lease, Majalisar Kowanyama ce ta siya ta kansu kuma suna wajen iyakar DOGIT.[<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2021)">citation needed</span>]

 Yawan jama'a 
A cikin ƙidayar jama'a ta 2016, garin Kowanyama yana da yawan mutane 944. 

A cikin ƙidayar jama'a ta 2021, garin Kowanyama yana da yawan mutane 1,079 . 

In the 2021 census, the locality of Kowanyama had a population of 1,079 people.

 Al'adu 

 Ilimi 
Makarantar Jihar Kowanyama makarantar firamare ce ta gwamnati da sakandare (Early Childhood-10) don yara maza da mata a 345 Kowanyama Street (15°28′20′′S 141°44′42′′E / 15.4721°S 141.7451°E / -15.4721; 141.7401 (Kowanyama State School)). A cikin 2018, makarantar tana da ɗalibai 190 tare da malamai 21 da ma'aikatan da ba malamai ba. Ya haɗa da shirin ilimi na musamman.

Ilimi na sakandare zuwa Shekara 12 ba ya samuwa a Kowanyama ko kusa. Ilimi na nesa da makarantun kwana sune madadin.

 Ƙuntatawa na barasa 
Al'ummar Kowanyama tana ƙarƙashin ƙuntatawa mai tsauri na barasa da 'yan sanda suka tilasta wa mutane da ke riƙe da duk wani barasa, da kuma hana duk wani abin hawa da ke ɗauke da barasa a ko'ina cikin al'umma.

An yi iƙirarin dakatar da lasisin giya na Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire Council ya haifar da Majalisar ta rasa kasuwancin da ya kai dala miliyan 1.6, tare da har zuwa $ 120,000 a hannun jari. A sakamakon haka, a ranar 30 ga Oktoba 2008, Majalisar ta tafi Kotun Koli ta Queensland don kalubalantar yanke shawara na lasisin giya a matsayin nuna bambanci.

 Harsuna 
Yir Yiront (wanda aka fi sani da Yiront, Jirjoront, Yir-yiront, da Kokomindjan) yare ne na asalin Australiya. Yankin yaren gargajiya yana cikin Yammacin na Cape York a cikin yankunan karamar hukuma na Aboriginal Shire na Kowanyama da Shire na Cook, a cikin kogin Coleman da Mitchell River. Bayan cire mutanen Aboriginal daga ƙasashensu na gargajiya, ana kuma magana da shi a Pormpuraaw da Kowanyama.

 Yanayi 

Kowanyama yana da yanayi na wurare masu zafi na savannah (Köppen: Aw), tare da ɗan gajeren lokaci, lokacin damina mai tsanani tsakanin watan Disamba da Maris da kuma tsayin lokacin rani daga  watan Afrilu zuwa  Nuwamba tare da ƙarancin zafi da sanyi dare.  Kodayake matsakaita maxima ya wuce 30.0 °C (86.0 °F) a cikin duk watanni, matsakaicin matsakaicin matsakaici ya bambanta sosai: daga 15.7 °C (60.3 °F) a watan Yuli zuwa 24.5 °C (76.1 °F) a watan Disamba. Yayin da yawan ruwan sama ya kai 1,274.2 mm (50.17 in) kowace shekara, yana da ƙarfi sosai a lokacin rani, wanda aka misalta a watan Fabrairun 2014, lokacin da 1,470.6 mm (57.90 in) na ruwan sama ya faɗi.  Matsanancin zafin jiki ya tashi daga 41.9 °C (107.4 °F) akan 3 watan Disamba 2019 zuwa 4.5 °C (40.1 °F) akan 3 ga watan Agusta na shekarar 1990.

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 Tafiya 
Ana yi wa Kowanyama hidima kowane mako a lokacin rani ta hanyar jiragen kasa daga Cairns.  Sabis ɗin yana zama akai-akai yayin da lokacin damina ke gabatowa.[<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2021)">citation needed</span>]

Ruwan sama na farko a watan Oktoba na iya sa hanyar ƙasa mai nisan kilomita 400 (mil 250) zuwa Chillagoe, da ke gabashin al’umma, ta cika da ruwa. Zuwa ƙarshen watan Disamba kuwa, ruwan damina yawanci ya iso gaba ɗaya, yana katse hanyoyin mota zuwa al’ummar..[<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2021)">citation needed</span>]

Ana ɗaukar ruwan sama a matsayin isowar nhawrr yirrpa, maciji mai laushi wanda ke kawo rayuwa da ke ba da ruwa ga ƙasar. A lokacin rigar, wanda zai iya ci gaba har zuwa Mayu, ana ba da sabis ga al'umma ne kawai ta jirgin sama, saboda duk sauran damar da aka ƙuntata. A lokacin rigar, ana fitar da sabbin abinci da abubuwan da ke lalacewa cikin al'umma kowane mako a kan jiragen haya ta shagunan a cikin gari. Ana kula da sabis na fasinja na jirgin sama zuwa Cairns, kilomita 600 (370  a duk shekara ta hanyar Filin jirgin saman Kowanyama (15°29′07′′S 141°45′09′′E / 15.4854°S 141.7526°E / -15.4854; 141.752 (Farin jirgin saman Kowanama)). 

 Dubi kuma 

 Aboriginal Shire na Kowanyama.
 Harshen Yir-Yoront.

 Bayanan da aka ambata