Articles in Guyana ( 147 )

147 Articles of interest in Guyana

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  • Saxacalli

    Saxacalli, located on the west bank of the Essequibo River some 25 miles (40 km) south of Parika at (6°35′N58°37′W), was originally an Arawak community. Its present population of about 250 reflects Guyana's multi-ethnicity. Life in Saxacalli is bas…

  • Pomeroon River

    The Pomeroon River is located in Guyana, South America, situated between the Orinoco and the Essequibo rivers. The area has long been inhabited by Arawak people. John P. Bennett, an Arawak who in 1949 was the first Amerindian in Guyana ordained as a…

  • Orinduik

    Orinduik (Alt. 601 m; 1975 ft.) is a diamond mining community in the Potaro-Siparuni region of Guyana, located at (04°42′N60°01′W).

  • Nonpareil, Guyana

    Nonpareil (from the French and meaning matchless, inimitable) was the name of a sugarcane plantation, and later a village, on the east coast Demerara Region of Guyana that operated until the mid 20th century.

  • Kwakwani

    Kwakwani is a village on the Berbice River in the Upper Demerara-Berbice Region of Guyana, located at (05°17′N58°03′W), altitude 44 Metres (147 feet). Kwakwani is approximately 40 km south of Linden.

  • Cane Grove

    Cane Grove is an agricultural community in the Demerara-Mahaica Region of Guyana, standing at sea-level on the coastal plain, along the Mahaica River, about eight kilometres upstream of its mouth.

  • Beterverwagting

    Beterverwagting, also known as B.V., is a village in Guyana, on the East Coast of the Demerara River. Located roughly 10 miles from the capital, Georgetown, it is an important feeder village for the sugar estate in La Bonne Intention, a village adja…

  • Apoteri

    Apoteri is a community in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana, near the confluence of the Rupununi River with the Essequibo, at an altitude of 53 metres (177 feet).

  • Weldaad

    Weldaad is a community in the Mahaica-Berbice Region of Guyana on the Atlantic Ocean coast, located at (6°29′15″N57°41′0″W). It contains the areas' post office and a police station.

  • Wel te Vreeden

    Wel te Vreeden is a community in the East Berbice-Corentyne Region of Guyana, located on the Canje River at (05°51′N57°28′W). The community has also been called New Ground Village.

  • Wakapau

    The Arawak village of Wakapau is located in the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region of Guyana, on the Wakapau River, a tributary on the west bank of the Pomeroon River, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from its mouth, located at (07°31′N58°48′W).

  • Silver Hill, Guyana

    Silver Hill is a very small settlement in the Demerara-Mahaica Region of Guyana, 48 km (30 mi) up the Soesdyke-Linden Highway, which runs along the east bank of the Demerara River.

  • New Amsterdam Public Hospital

    New Amsterdam Public Hospital, in New Amsterdam, Guyana, is outstanding example of timber architecture, and one of the two surviving architectural masterpieces designed by Cesar Castellani, an architect employed in the Public Works Department of Bri…

  • Kurupung

    Kurupung is a mining community in the Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region of Guyana, near the Pakaraima Mountains, located at (6°28′0″N59°10′0″W).

  • Kumaka, East Berbice-Corentyne

    Kumaka is a village in the East Berbice–Corentyne region of Guyana. It stands on the right bank of the upper Essequibo River, about 35 km above Apoteri and the confluence of the Rupununi River with the Essequibo, at an elevation of 105 metres (344 f…

  • Hogg Island, Guyana

    Hogg Island, (sometimes referred to as Hog Island) is the largest of the hundreds of islands in the Essequibo River in Guyana, it is located just 5 km from the river's mouth in its estuary into the Atlantic Ocean, located at (6°49′27″N58°31′54″W).

  • Clonbrook

    Clonbrook is a village in the Demerara-Mahaica region of Guyana. The village itself has a population of about 1,000-2,000. The village is located along the East Coast Highway and is about 20 miles from Georgetown and about 8 miles from Mahaica.

  • Baramita

    Baramita, is a community in the Barima-Waini region of northern Guyana standing about 20 miles west of Matthew's Ridge, at an of altitude 99 metres (328 feet). The population of Baramita is roughly 1,700. It is one of the largest Amerindian settleme…

  • Arakaka

    Arakaka is a community in the Barima-Waini region of Guyana, standing on the Barima River and 12 miles southerly of Port Kaituma, at an altitude of 63 metres (209 feet).

  • Wichabai

    Wichabai is a community in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana, located at (2°52′0″N59°31′59.88″W), altitude 157 metres.