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Nonpareil also Non Pareil (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.
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.
Lusignan is a community in Demerara-Mahaica region of Guyana and approximately 16 km from the capital city Georgetown. Located on the East Coast of Demerara, it has population of 1,868 persons as of 2012 [1] mostly Indo-Guyanese. The village is sustained by subsistence farming and fishing. Ecotourism is also an emerging industry.
Demerara-Mahaica (Region 4) is a region of Guyana, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the region of Mahaica-Berbice to the east, the region of Upper Demerara-Berbice to the south and the region of Essequibo Islands-West Demerara to the west. It contains the country's capital Georgetown.
The Lusignan massacre refers to the murder of eleven residents of Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, Guyana, on 26 January 2008. [1] [2] The victims were murdered by a group led by Rondell "Fineman" Rawlins. [1]
The British transferred rule of Demerara to the Dutch in 1802 under the terms of the Peace of Amiens, but took back control of it a year later. [4] In 1812, the British merged Demerara and Essequibo into the colony of Demerara-Essequibo. [4] The colonies were ceded to Britain by treaty between the Netherlands and Britain on 13 August 1814. [4]
Nabaclis also Nabacalis is a community on the East Coast of Demerara, in the Demerara-Mahaica region. It is in low-lying country by the coast, which is subject to flooding in the rainy season. [2] The local tradition for the name of the village claims that residents opposed the list of potential names to honor colonial-era leaders.
Quamina Gladstone (c. 1778 – 16 September 1823), most often referred to simply as Quamina, was a Guyanese slave from Africa and father of Jack Gladstone.He and his son were involved in the Demerara rebellion of 1823, one of the largest slave revolts in the British colonies before slavery was abolished.