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Demerara-Mahaica (Regione 4) è una regione della Guyana, confinante con l'Oceano Atlantico a nord, la regione di Mahaica-Berbice a est, la regione di Alto Demerara-Berbice a sud e la regione di Isole Essequibo-Demerara Occidentale a ovest. La regione ospita la capitale della nazione, Georgetown.
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.
- 2,232 km² (862 sq mi)
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Demerara was first mentioned in 1691 as a trading post. On 18 October 1745, Demerara was created as a separate colony, even though it was located on an unoccupied part of Essequibo because the people from the province of Holland wanted to settle there and Essequibo was part of Zeeland. In the founding documents, it was mentioned that the colonists ...
Sir James Douglas (1803–1877), Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island (1851–64) and the Colony of British Columbia(1858–64).Rev. Joseph Ketley (1802–1875), Congregationalmissionary, mid 19th century.John Edmonstone (late 18th century–mid 19th century), a freed slave who taught Charles Darwin taxidermy.da Costa, Emilia Viotti. Crowns of Glory, Tears of Blood(1994). scholarly study of the Demerara slave rebellion of 1823.Oostindie, Gert. "‘British Capital, Industry and Perseverance’ versus Dutch ‘Old School’? The Dutch Atlantic and the Takeover of Berbice, Demerara and Essequibo, 1750-1815" BMGN: Low Countries Hist...Sheridan, Richard B. "The condition of the slaves on the sugar plantations of Sir John Gladstone in the colony of Demerara, 1812-49." New West Indian Guide/Nieuwe West-Indische Gids76#3-4 (2002): 2...St Pierre, Maurice. "The 1823 Guyana Slave Rebellion: A Collective Action Reconsideration." Journal of Caribbean History41#1/2 (2007): 142.Georgetown è la capitale della Guyana e, con i suoi 118 363 abitanti nell'area metropolitana, è la città più grande e popolosa del Paese sudamericano. La città è posta sulla costa atlantica alla foce del fiume Demerara, nella regione di Demerara-Mahaica ed a 27 km ad est dell'estuario del fiume Essequibo. È soprannominata "La ...
Mahaica is a village located in region 4 of Demerara-Mahaica in Guyana. Mahaica is often used as a subregion for the adjoining villages near the Mahaica River like Hand-en-Veldt, [2] Good Hope, [3] Chelsey Park, [4] and Jonestown, which is often referred to as Mahaica or its old Dutch plantation name Voorzigtigheid. [5]
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Di seguito si riporta una lista di città della Guyana, ordinate per numero di abitanti e divise per regione, nonché, più avanti, riportate in ordine alfabetico. Città della Guyana. Città.
Guyana. Region. Demerara-Mahaica. Population. (2012) [1] • Total. 1,305. Annandale is a community in the Demerara-Mahaica region of Guyana, located on the Atlantic Ocean between Buxton, and Lusignan. Many of the inhabitants originally came from the Lusignan estate, [2] while the former slaves of the plantation, bought the ...
