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Goed Fortuin is a village located in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region of Guyana. The village started as a sugar plantation in the early 1800s. [2] The village has a primary [3] and secondary school. Goed Fortuin was named "Best Community for Sports" by the National Sports Commission in 2011. [4]
Village As defined by official government documents, census or gazetteers. Community: A settlement unlisted on government documents. Neighbourhood: Subdivisions of any of the above. Estate: Contiguous agricultural holding that is notable enough to have a Wikipedia article. Mission: Any such that is notable enough to have a Wikipedia article.
The village was founded in 1970 by Booker Brothers as a base for balatá production. Workers settled from villages in South Rupununi. In 1973 a school was established in the village. [4] Wildlife is plentiful in the area, and the village promotes itself for eco-tourism. [3] The Apoteri Fishing Camp is located at the mouth of the Rupununi River.
Fairview village has a conservation area for Blue-and-yellow macaws. [7] The village also manages a Sustainable Use Area of the Iwokrama Forest. [8] A 1990-1997 baseline inventory of fauna in the Kurupukari area included specimens of amphibians and reptiles such as Smooth-sided toad, Map tree frog, White-lined leaf frog, Anolis fuscoauratus, and Erythrolamprus aesculapii.
The population of the village and the mission is 913 people as of 2012, [1] however the area has a population of 6,046 people as of 2013 [2] making Santa Rosa is the largest Amerindian settlement in Guyana. [2] This predominantly Arawak [2] village is located on the Moruka River, 29 km from its mouth.
The village is known for the Sand Creek Rodeo which takes place every Easter Monday. The rodeo started in the 1980s as a pass time for the villagers, but has turned into a professional rodeo attracting visitors from all over the country. [3] The beaches near the village are used by the yellow-spotted river turtle to lay their eggs.
Another village called Noitgedacht is situated in Upper Demerara, in the Town of Linden. [3] It was once owned by the Dutch family De Nieuwerks, later by the family Allicocks and eventually it became property of Alcan of Canada.
The Port Mourant sugar estate was situated in what was historically called the Corantyne district. By the mid 20th century, this district was considered the more prosperous of the sugar-growing regions, the largest producer of rice, and the five estates also supported a wider array of services independent from the sugar industry which were all centered at Port Mourant.