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Georgetown is located on Guyana's Atlantic coast on the east bank of Demerara River estuary. The terrain in this part of the country where the city is located is flat coastal plains. The city is surrounded by a blanket of cane fields along with marshy swamps, and savannah lands on its east and south.
This is a demography of Guyana including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Guyana's population (Guyanese people) is made up of five main ethnic groups: Indians, Africans, Amerindians, Europeans (mainly Portuguese), and Chinese ...
Map of Guyana Georgetown, Capital of Guyana Bartica. This is a list of settlements in Guyana. The following definitions have been used: City: Any settlement listed at [1] with population estimates of 75,000 or more. Town: Defined by the government of Guyana as 'municipalities'. [2] Village As defined by official government documents, census or ...
In 1974, after traveling to an area of northwestern Guyana with Guyanese officials, Jones and the Temple negotiated a lease of over 3,800 acres (1,500 ha) of land in the jungle located 150 miles (240 km) west of the Guyanese capital of Georgetown. [33] In 1976, Guyana approved the lease (retroactive to April 1974). [34]
Guyana, [b] officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic British West Indies. [11] [5] [12] Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the country's largest city.
On 5 May 1988, a bronze sculpture of the Whitby, the ship which carried the first labourers to British Guiana, was presented to the people of Guyana by the Indian government. It is located in the Guyana National Park in Georgetown. [7] On 5 May 2019, the Indian Immigration Monument was unveiled by president David A. Granger.
36.8% of the population were Protestant, 8% were Catholic, 1.4% were Orthodox and 13% were independent Christians. [9] Christianity's status as Guyana's dominant system of values is a consequence of colonial history. To the European planters, colonial administrators, and missionaries, the profession of Christian beliefs and observance of ...
Afro-Guyanese; Total population; 29.3% of Guyana's population (2012) Regions with significant populations; Guyana (Georgetown, Linden, Essequibo Coast and New Amsterdam) United Kingdom, Canada, United States