Country of Guyana
Grinding Coffee, Amerindian village
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Typical building in Georgetown, Guyana
Georgetown (Guyana), capital, largest city, and chief port of Guyana, on the Atlantic Ocean, at the mouth of the Demerara River. The city lies 1.5 m (5 ft) below high-tide level and is protected from floods by a sea wall (completed 1882). Many older buildings are raised on brick stilts above the flood level.
sugar company
Dating back to the very earliest
of flagship merchant
services and traders, sugar refining has been and still is a major
industry.
Other exports include, rice, bauxite, and diamonds. The University of
Guyana (1963) and a large tropical botanical
garden are located in the city. The
multiracial population includes large
numbers of East Indians and Native
Americans.
school children
Georgetown was founded by the British in 1781 and named for King George III. It
passed for a while to the French, who largely rebuilt it, and in 1784 to the
Dutch, who called it Stabroek. Regaining control in 1812, the British government
restored the name Georgetown and made the city the colonial capital of British
Guiana. In 1966 it became the capital of independent Guyana. Population 236,000
(1990 estimate, urban area).
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government administration
high court
British monument
large wooden church
Saint George’s
Cathedral
the altar
the pulpit
Chess federation
a church
a primary school
typical wooden house
with shutters
detail of shutters
handsome residence
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