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2 Joes (or 44 Dutch Guilders), Colonies of Demerary and Essequebo (1830s), second issue. Demerara (/ ˌdɛməˈrɛərə /; Dutch: Demerary, [ˌdeːməˈraːri]) is a historical region in the Guianas, on the north coast of South America, now part of the country of Guyana. It was a colony of the Dutch West India Company between 1745 and 1792 and ...
2023 Guyana–Venezuela crisis. Venezuelan referendum. v. t. e. The long-standing territorial dispute over the Essequibo region escalated into a crisis in 2023. The region is controlled by Guyana but is claimed by Venezuela. The dispute dates back many years and the current border was established by the Paris Arbitral Award in 1899.
The Government of Guyana has administered three official censuses since the 1980 administrative reforms, in 1980, 1991 and 2002. [3] In 2012, the population of Upper Demerara-Berbice was recorded at 39,452 people. [4] Official census records for the population of the Upper Demerara-Berbice region are as follows: 2012 : 39,452; 2002 : 41,112
Snap general elections were held in Guyana on 2 March 2020. They were called early after the government of President David A. Granger lost a vote of no confidence by a margin of 33–32 on 21 December 2018, [2] the government having held a one-seat majority since the 2015 elections. However, one of its own MPs, Charrandas Persaud of the ...
Hope Canal. Coordinates: 6.7328°N 57.9567°W. (Redirected from Hope canal) The East Demerara Water Conservancy - Northern Relief Channel, better known locally as the Hope Canal, is one of Guyana 's largest drainage projects. Construction was from 2011 to November 9, 2013, at a cost of around GYD$3.6 billion. [1]
The Demerara River is a river in eastern Guyana that rises in the central rainforests of the country and flows to the north for 346 kilometres until it reaches the Atlantic Ocean. Georgetown, Guyana's largest seaport and capital, is situated on the east bank of the river's mouth. The river divides Essequibo Islands-West Demerara (Region 3) on ...
The Government of Guyana has administered three official censuses since the 1980 administrative reforms, in 1980, 1991 and 2002. [4] Even though this administrative region is the smallest, it has the largest population out of all Guyana's Administrative Regions. In 2012, the population of Demerara-Mahaica was recorded at 313,429 people. [5]
NCN is the descendant of two of Guyana's first radio services: Radio Demerara, which was founded in 1951, and British Guiana Broadcasting Service (BGBS), which was founded in December 1958. The former was a British-owned company, and its licence required the station to broadcast BBC material for 21 hours a week, and programmes provided by the ...