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Linden is the second largest city in Guyana after Georgetown, and capital of the Upper Demerara-Berbice region, [2] located at , altitude 48 m (160 ft). It was declared a town in 1970, and includes the communities of MacKenzie, Christianburg, and Wismar.
Guyana's reserves of bauxite was known to be 350-million-tons. Major mining sites are at Linden, south of Georgetown, and Kwakwani on the Berbice River [6] [13] In 2016, 1,479,090 tonnes of bauxite was produced. [14]
The economy of Guyana is one of the fastest growing economies in the world with a gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 19.9% in 2021. [9] In 2024, Guyana had a per capita gross domestic product ( purchasing power parity ) of Int$ 80,137 and an average GDP growth of 4.2% over the previous decade. [ 4 ]
Gold mining at Omai is known from at least the 1880s, and when it was developed as a large scale mine in 1992 by Cambior, the mine was the largest gold mine in the Guiana Shield and a major source of income and employment in Guyana. During the period from 1992 – 2005, Omai produced 3.7 Moz of gold at an average grade of 1.5 g/t Au from the ...
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Kwakwani is a mining and logging village on the Berbice River in the Upper Demerara-Berbice Region of Guyana. [2] Its altitude is 44 metres (147 feet). Kwakwani is approximately 100 km south of Linden. In 1942, the Berbice Bauxite Company opened a Bauxite Mining in the area which is the main industry of the village. [3]
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Ituni is a village in the interior of Guyana, at an altitude of 100 metres (331 feet).The area grew as a result of bauxite mining in the area. [3]Ituni is closely affiliated with Linden, its closest neighbours are Kwakwani, Aroaima, Maple Town and Laddern's Ville on the Berbice River.