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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]
Tumatumari is a community in the Potaro-Siparuni Region of Guyana, located some 15 km upstream of the confluence of the Potaro and Essequibo Rivers. It was initially an Amerindian settlement of Arawak tribe but is now a mixture of different race groups similar to that of Mahdia. The area was believed to be rich in gold and diamonds and mining ...
Mabaruma was once a large estate owned by the Broomes family. Cocoa was one of the products manufactured before the Government of Guyana bought part of the land to build Governmental Institutions. Mainly Amerindians live in this area. Some of the tribes include Arawaks, Caribs and Warao. Mabaruma also has a large Afro-Guyanese population with ...
The districts of Guyana. The regions of Guyana are divided into three types of councils: municipal or town councils, neighbourhood democratic councils and Amerindian villages. [1] The ten towns of Guyana are: [2]
Goed Fortuin: 253: 3XXX: Leonora: 268: 0XXX-4XXX: II.2001 Windsor Forest: ... For IFS international incoming routing number to Guyana the last four digits will be the ...
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.
On 8 May 1840, 62 former slaves pooled their savings together and bought plantation Beterverwagting from Baron van Groningen. [2] In 1842, Triumph was established to the east, [2] Triumph and Beterverwagting have grown together, and are often referred to as Beterverwagting/Triumph.
Between 1853 and 1879, indentured labourers from China were brought to work on the plantations in British Guiana. On 12 January 1853, the first labourers arrived aboard the Glentanner, and 105 people were assigned to the Windsor Forest plantation [6] making it the first Chinese settlement in Guyana. [3]