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| 1 | Essequibo Islands-West Demerara  FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 6.7151 / -58.549 | Essequibo Islands-West Demerara (Region 3) is a region of Guyana, split in two by the Essequibo River. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the region of Demerara-Mahaica and Demerara River to the east, the region of Upper Demerara-Berbice to the south and the region of (...) | |
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| Guyana FeatureType : country Elevation : 1 Lat/Lng : 6.7667 / -58.1667 | Guyana (pronounced or), entry "Guyana" officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. It is, however, often considered part of the Caribbean region because of its strong cultural, historical, and political ties with other Anglo-Caribbean (...) |
| 3 | Essequibo River FeatureType : river Lat/Lng : 7.0124 / -58.4669 | The Essequibo River is the largest river in Guyana, and the largest river between the Orinoco and Amazon. Rising in the Acarai Mountains near the Brazil-Guyana border, the Essequibo flows to the north for through forest and savanna into the Atlantic Ocean. With a total drainage basin of 69,300 sq (...) | |
| 4 | Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 159 Lat/Lng : 2.901 / -58.9352 | Upper Takutu-Upper Esequibo (Region 9) is a region of Guyana bordering the region of Potaro-Siparuni to the north, the region of East Berbice-Corentyne to the east and Brazil to the south and west. It contains the towns Aishalton, Lethem, Good Hope and Surama. It is also the largest region of Guyana (...) | |
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| Ciudad Bolívar FeatureType : city Elevation : 33 Lat/Lng : 8.1167 / -63.55 | Ciudad Bolívar (; Spanish for "Bolivar City"), formerly known as Angostura and St. Thomas de Guyana, is the capital of Venezuela's southeastern Bolívar State. It lies at the spot where the Orinoco River narrows to about in width, is the site of the first bridge across the river, and is a major (...) |
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| Georgetown, Guyana FeatureType : null Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 6.8011 / -58.1553 | Georgetown is a city and the capital of Guyana, located in Region 4, which is also known as the Demerara-Mahaica region. It is the country's largest urban centre. It is situated on the Atlantic Ocean coast at the mouth of the Demerara River and it was nicknamed 'Garden City of the Caribbean (...) |
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| Venezuela FeatureType : country Elevation : 63 Lat/Lng : 7.0 / -65.0 | Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ,Previously, the official name was Estado de Venezuela (1830–1856), República de Venezuela (1856–1864), Estados Unidos de Venezuela (1864–1953), and again República de Venezuela (1953–1999) (...) |
| 8 | Essequibo (colony) FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 7.0333 / -58.45 | Essequibo (Dutch: Essequebo) was a Dutch colony on the Essequibo River in the Guiana region on the north coast of South America from 1616 to 1814. The colony formed a part of the colonies that are known under the collective name of Dutch Guiana. (...) | |
| 9 | Bartica FeatureType : null Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 6.408 / -58.6219 | Bartica, Essequibo, is a town on the left bank of the Essequibo River in Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region 7), at the confluence of the Cuyuni and Mazaruni Rivers with the Essequibo River in Guyana. Considered the "Gateway to the Interior", the town has a population of about 15,000 and is the launching point (...) | |
| 10 | Guayana Esequiba FeatureType : null Elevation : 118 Lat/Lng : 6.3 / -59.7 | Guayana Esequiba is a territory administered by Guyana and claimed by Venezuela. The territory was first included in the Viceroyalty of New Granada and the Captaincy General of Venezuela by Spain, but was later included in Essequibo by the Dutch and in British Guiana by the United Kingdom (...) | |
| 11 | Parika FeatureType : city Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 6.8371 / -58.4294 | Parika is a port township located in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region of Guyana. It is popular for its ferry service, operated by the Ministry of Transportation, to and from the Essequibo Islands and West Demerara area. It is also notable for its Sunday markets (...) | |
| 12 | Demerara FeatureType : null Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 6.8121 / -58.1701 | Demerara is a historical region in the Guianas on the north coast of South America which is now part of the country of Guyana. It was a Dutch colony until 1815 and a county of British Guiana from 1838 to 1966. It was located about the lower courses of the Demerara River, and its main town was (...) | |
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| New Amsterdam, Guyana FeatureType : null Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 6.2479 / -57.5171 | New Amsterdam (Dutch: Nieuw Amsterdam) is one of the largest towns in Guyana, located in the East Berbice-Corentyne Region, from the capital, Georgetown. It is located on the eastern bank of the Berbice River, upriver from its mouth at the Atlantic Ocean, and immediately south of the Canje River (...) |
| 14 | Waraputa Fall FeatureType : null Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : 5.25 / -58.8333 | Waraputa Fall is a waterfall on the Essequibo River, Guyana, approximately 11 km south of the confluence with the Potaro River. | |
| 15 | Achiwib FeatureType : city Elevation : 172 Lat/Lng : 2.3 / -59.5833 | Achiwib is a community in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana. | |
| 16 | Berbice FeatureType : city Elevation : 2 Lat/Lng : 6.2337 / -57.543 | Berbice is a region along the Berbice River in Guyana, which was between 1627 and 1815 a colony of the Netherlands. After having been ceded to the United Kingdom in the latter year, it was merged with Essequibo and Demerara to form the colony of British Guiana in 1831 (...) | |
| 17 | Branco River FeatureType : null Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : -1.3939 / -61.8461 | The Branco River (; Engl: White River) is the principal affluent of the Rio Negro from the north. (...) | |
| 18 | Anna Regina FeatureType : null Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 7.2644 / -58.5077 | Anna Regina is the capital of the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region of Guyana. It stands on the Atlantic coast, northwest of the mouth of the Essequibo River, 19 km north of Adventure. Anna Regina was established as a town in 1970. Its population was 12,448 in 2002 (...) | |
| 19 | History of Guyana FeatureType : null Elevation : 63 Lat/Lng : 7.66 / -60.187 | The recorded history of Guyana can be dated back to 1499, when Alonso de Ojeda's first expedition arrived from Spain at the Essequibo River. The history of Guyana has been shaped by the participation of many national and ethnic groups, as well as the colonial policies of the Spanish, French, Dutch (...) | |
| 20 | British Guiana FeatureType : country Elevation : 2676 Lat/Lng : 4.65 / -74.05 | British Guiana was the name of the British colony, part of the British West Indies (Caribbean), on the northern coast of South America, now known as the independent nation of Guyana (since 1966). Its indigenous people are the Arawak-speaking Lucayan, who are part of the Taino people (...) | |
| 21 | Pomeroon River FeatureType : river Lat/Lng : 7.6232 / -58.7492 | The Pomeroon River (also Río Pomerón) is located in Guyana, South America, situated between the Orinoco and the Essequibo rivers. The area has long been inhabited by Arawak people. The Pomeroon River is also one of the deepest river in Guyana (...) | |
| 22 | Murrays Fall FeatureType : null Elevation : 122 Lat/Lng : 3.5333 / -58.2833 | Murrays Fall is a waterfall on the Essequibo River, Guyana, approximately 55 km south of the confluence with the Rupununi River. (...) | |
| 23 | Karasabai Airport FeatureType : null Elevation : 99 Lat/Lng : 4.0333 / -59.5333 | Karasabai Airport is an airport serving the community of Karasabai in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana. (...) | |
| 24 | Karanambo Airport FeatureType : null Elevation : 90 Lat/Lng : 3.7519 / -59.3097 | Karanambo Airport is an airport serving the village of Karanambo, in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana. (...) | |
| 25 | Lumid Pau Airport FeatureType : null Elevation : 165 Lat/Lng : 2.3939 / -59.441 | Lumid Pau Airport is an airport serving the village of Lumid Pau, in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana. (...) | |
| 26 | Aishalton Airport FeatureType : null Elevation : 163 Lat/Lng : 2.4865 / -59.3134 | Aishalton Airport is an airport serving the village of Aishalton, in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana. (...) | |
| 27 | Lethem Airport FeatureType : null Elevation : 88 Lat/Lng : 3.3728 / -59.7894 | Lethem Airport is an airport serving Lethem, a town in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region of Guyana. (...) | |
| 28 | Pomeroon (colony) FeatureType : null Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 7.6167 / -58.75 | Pomeroon is the name of a former Dutch plantation colony on the Pomeroon River in the Guiana region on the north coast of South America. After early colonization attempts in the late 16th century were attacked by Spaniards and local Indians, the original inhabitants fled the interior of Guiana, (...) | |
| 29 | Potaro River FeatureType : waterbody Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : 5.3633 / -58.9067 | The Potaro River is a river in Guyana in northern South America. The source of the Potaro River is in the Mount Ayanganna area of the Pakaraima Mountains in the North Rupununi Savannahs. The river runs for approximately before flowing into the Essequibo River, Guyana's largest river (...) | |
| 30 | Annai Airport FeatureType : null Elevation : 86 Lat/Lng : 3.9594 / -59.1242 | Annai Airport is an airport serving the village of Annai, in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana. The runway has of asphalt paving, with the remainder grass. (...) | |
| 31 | Ralph Abercromby FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 35.9027 / 14.5199 | Sir Ralph Abercromby (sometimes spelt Abercrombie) (7 October 173428 March 1801) was a Scottish soldier and politician. He rose to the rank of lieutenant-general in the British Army, was noted for his services during the Napoleonic Wars, and served as Commander-in-Chief, Ireland (...) | |
| 32 | Apoteri FeatureType : null Elevation : 80 Lat/Lng : 4.0333 / -58.5833 | Apoteri is a community in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana, near the confluence of the Rupununi River with the Essequibo, at an altitude of 53 metres (177 feet). The town is served by Apoteri Airport. Wildlife is plentiful in the area. Some eco-tourism exists (...) | |
| 33 | Linden, Guyana FeatureType : city Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 6.0081 / -58.3071 | Linden is the second largest town in Guyana after Georgetown, and capital of the Upper Demerara-Berbice region, located at , altitude 48 metres (160 feet). It was declared a town in 1970, and includes the communities of MacKenzie Christianburg, and Wismar (...) | |
| 34 | Fort Zeelandia (Guyana) FeatureType : null Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 6.7833 / -58.5167 | Fort Zeelandia is located on Fort Island, a fluvial island of the Essequibo River delta in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region of Guyana. Not to be confused with Fort Zeelandia in Paramaribo, Suriname, the current brick fort was built in 1743 for the Essequibo colony, replacing an earlier (...) | |
| 35 | Vreed en Hoop FeatureType : null Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 6.8093 / -58.198 | Vreed en Hoop is a town at the mouth of the Demerara River on its left bank, in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region of Guyana, located at sea level. It is the location of the Regional Democratic Council office making it the administrative center for the region (...) | |
| 36 | Pomeroon-Supenaam FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 65 Lat/Lng : 7.1078 / -58.8806 | Pomeroon-Supenaam (Region 2) is a region in Guyana, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the region of Essequibo Islands-West Demerara to the east, the region of Cuyuni-Mazaruni to the south and the region of Barima-Waini to the west (...) | |
| 37 | Siparuni River FeatureType : river Elevation : 64 Lat/Lng : 4.8333 / -58.8333 | The Siparuni River is a river in the Potaro-Siparuni Region of Guyana. It is a tributary of the Essequibo River. Tributaries of the Siparuni River include the Takutu River (Siparuni River), Burro-Burro River, Tipuru River and Levai Creek (...) | |
| 38 | Konawaruk River FeatureType : null Elevation : 48 Lat/Lng : 5.3 / -58.9 | The Konawaruk River is a river in western Guyana. It is a tributary of the Essequibo River, joining it just south of the Potaro River mouth at . Mining, especially for gold, is the primary industry along the river (...) | |
| 39 | Demerara River FeatureType : river Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 6.8113 / -58.1722 | The Demerara River is a river in eastern Guyana that rises in the central rainforests of the country and flows to the north for 346 kilometres until it reaches the Atlantic Ocean. Georgetown, Guyana's largest seaport and capital, is situated on the east bank of the river's mouth (...) | |
| 40 | Lethem, Guyana FeatureType : city Elevation : 85 Lat/Lng : 3.3833 / -59.8 | Lethem is a town in Guyana, located in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of the South American Country. It is named after Sir Gordon James Lethem, who was the Governor of British Guiana from 1941 to 12 April 1947. (...) | |
| 41 | Dutch Gold Coast FeatureType : null Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 5.133 / -1.2 | The Dutch Gold Coast or Dutch Guinea, officially Dutch possessions on the Coast of Guinea (Dutch: Nederlandse Bezittingen ter Kuste van Guinea) was a portion of contemporary Ghana that was gradually colonized by the Dutch, beginning in 1598 (...) | |
| 42 | Wakenaam FeatureType : null Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 6.9701 / -58.45 | Wakanaam is an island of about at the mouth of the Essequibo River of Guyana. One of the largest islands (the others being Leguan and Hog Island) in the Essequibo Islands group, it was settled at one time by the Dutch in the 18th Century; the name Wakanaam is Dutch meaning "waiting for a name" and (...) | |
| 43 | Surama FeatureType : null Elevation : 100 Lat/Lng : 4.1667 / -59.0833 | Surama is an Amerindian village in the North Rupununi area and the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region (or Region 9) of Guyana, with a population of approximately 304 people. The village is primarily inhabited by Makushi people. (...) | |
| 44 | Cuyuni-Mazaruni FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 145 Lat/Lng : 6.4595 / -60.2111 | Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region 7) is a region of Esequiban Guyana, a territory in dispute by Guyana and Venezuela, bordering the regions of Barima-Waini, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara and Pomeroon-Supenaam to the north, the region of Upper Demerara-Berbice to the east, the region of Potaro-Siparuni and (...) | |
| 45 | HMS Barbuda (1780) FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 48.5 / -8.4667 | HMS Barbuda was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1780 after having briefly served as an American privateer. Barbuda was one of the two sloops that captured Demerara and Essequibo in 1781, but the French Navy captured her there in 1782 and took her into service as Barboude (...) | |
| 46 | East Berbice-Corentyne FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 120 Lat/Lng : 4.1079 / -58.1834 | East Berbice-Corentyne (Region 6) is one of ten regions in Guyana covering the whole of the east of the country. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Suriname to the east, Brazil to the south and the regions of Mahaica-Berbice, Upper Demerara-Berbice, Potaro-Siparuni and Upper Takutu-Upper (...) | |
| 47 | Fort Zeelandia (Paramaribo) FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 5.8252 / -55.1499 | Fort Zeelandia is a fortress in Paramaribo, Suriname, that was built in 1640 French as a wooden structurehttp://www.suriname.nu/302ges/archi198.html The British took the fort and called it Fort Willoughby. In 1651 a small trading post was created by the Dutch (...) | |
| 48 | Mainstay Lake FeatureType : waterbody Elevation : 1 Lat/Lng : 7.2333 / -58.5333 | Mainstay Lake is a lake in the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region of Guyana, near the Atlantic coast, northwest of the mouth of the Essequibo River, 19 km north of Adventure. There is a half-mile stretch of white sand at the edge of the lake (...) | |
| 49 | Adventure, Guyana FeatureType : null Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 7.0833 / -58.4833 | Adventure is a village located in the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region of Guyana, on the Atlantic coast, at sea level, 1 mile south of Onderneeming. It is a riverain settlement at the mouth of the Essequibo River, and is linked to Wakenaam and Parika by the terminal of ferry service (...) | |
| 50 | Kanuku Mountains FeatureType : mountain Elevation : 765 Lat/Lng : 3.2 / -59.5833 | The Kanuku Mountains are a group of mountains in Guyana, located in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region. The name means 'forest' in the Wapishana language, a reference to the rich diversity of wildlife found there (...) | |
| 51 | Annai, Guyana FeatureType : null Elevation : 82 Lat/Lng : 3.95 / -59.1333 | Annai is a small village in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana. Annai stands at an altitude of 95 metres (314 feet), at the edge of the Rupununi savannah, where the cattle trail to the Atlantic coast begins (...) | |
| 52 | Annandale, Pomeroon-Supenaam FeatureType : null Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 7.1669 / -58.4831 | Annandale is a community in the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region of Guyana, located on the Atlantic coast, a few kilometres northerly of the mouth of the Essequibo River. | |
| 53 | Apoteri Airport FeatureType : null Elevation : 79 Lat/Lng : 4.0153 / -58.6039 | Apoteri Airport is an airport serving the village of Apoteri, in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana. (...) | |
| 54 | Kurupukari FeatureType : city Elevation : 73 Lat/Lng : 4.6719 / -58.6703 | Kurupukari is a settlement on the Essequibo River, in the Upper Demerara-Berbice region of Guyana. The Linden-Lethem Road crosses the river here by a ferry.Google maps (...) | |
| 55 | Aishalton FeatureType : null Elevation : 180 Lat/Lng : 2.5167 / -59.25 | Aishalton is an Amerindian village that is situated in the Rupununi savannah of southern Guyana, in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region (Region 9) of the country. It is the administrative centre for the southern sub-district of Region 9 (...) | |
| 56 | Leguan Island FeatureType : isle Elevation : 2 Lat/Lng : 6.9256 / -58.416 | Leguan Island is a small island situated in the delta of the Essequibo River on the coast of Guyana, South America. The island is shaped like a gull wing and is nine miles (14 km) long and wide at its widest making it roughly square in area. (...) | |
| 57 | Kaieteur Falls FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 470 Lat/Lng : 5.1781 / -59.4823 | Kaieteur Falls is the world's largest single drop waterfall by the volume of water flowing over it. Located on the Potaro River in the Kaieteur National Park, it sits in a section of the Amazon rainforest included in the Potaro-Siparuni region of Guyana (...) | |
| 58 | Kayman Sankar Cricket Ground FeatureType : null Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 7.3154 / -58.483 | The Kayman Sankar Cricket Ground is a sporting venue in Hampton Court, a village on the Atlantic coastline of Guyana's Pomeroon-Supenaam region. Its chief use has been as a cricket ground, though in recent years it has also hosted grasstrack motorcycle racing (...) | |
| 59 | Stewartville, Guyana FeatureType : null Elevation : 2 Lat/Lng : 6.8716 / -58.2966 | Stewartville is a village district in Guyana on the Atlantic coast of West Demerara, just east of the mouth of the Essequibo River. There are four sections in the village: Stewartville Housing Scheme, Sarah Lodge, Stewartville Old Road and Stewartville Sea View. (...) | |
| 60 | Cuyuni River FeatureType : river Elevation : 2 Lat/Lng : 6.3915 / -58.6971 | The Cuyuni River is a South American river and a tributary of the Essequibo River. It rises in the Guiana Highlands of Venezuela where it descends northward to El Dorado, and turns eastward to meander through the tropical rain forests of Guyana (...) | |
| 61 | History of South America FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : -34.9736 / -56.3003 | The history of South America is the study of the past, particularly the written record, oral histories, and traditions, passed down from generation to generation on the continent of South America. South America has a history that has a wide range of human cultures and forms of civilization (...) | |
| 62 | HMS Emerald (1795) FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 13.0333 / -24.0 | HMS Emerald was a 36-gun frigate that Sir William Rule designed in 1794 for the Royal Navy. The Admiralty ordered her construction towards the end of May 1794 and work began the following month at Northfleet dockyard (...) | |
| 63 | Suddie FeatureType : null Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 7.1138 / -58.4756 | Suddie is a community in the Pomeroon-Supenaam region of Guyana, located on the Atlantic Ocean coast at , 1 mile north of Onderneeming. Suddie Hospital is a small (approximately 100-bed) hospital. Rural outreach clinics are sent into the interior and along the Essequibo River from Suddie Hospital (...) | |
| 64 | University of Guyana FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 6.8123 / -58.1171 | The University of Guyana, in Georgetown, Guyana, is Guyana’s sole national higher education institution. It was established in April 1963 with the following Mission: "To discover, generate, disseminate, and apply knowledge of the highest standard for the service of the community, the nation, and of (...) | |
| 65 | Mazaruni River FeatureType : river Elevation : 1 Lat/Lng : 6.4137 / -58.6392 | The Mazaruni River is a tributary of the Essequibo River in northern Guyana. Its source is in the remote western forests of the Pakaraima Mountains and its confluence with the Cuyuni River is near Bartica. As it descends from the Guiana Highlands the river runs south-east, past Issano, then (...) | |
| 66 | Fort Kyk-Over-Al FeatureType : null Elevation : 2 Lat/Lng : 6.3833 / -58.6861 | Fort Kyk-Over-Al was a Dutch fort in the colony of Essequibo, in what is now Guyana. It was constructed in 1616 at the intersection of the Essequibo, Cuyuni and Mazaruni rivers. It once served as the centre for the Dutch administration of the county, but now only ruins are left (...) | |
| 67 | Upper Demerara-Berbice FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 81 Lat/Lng : 5.2691 / -58.2671 | Upper Demerara-Berbice (Region 10) is a region of Guyana, bordering the regions of Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, Demerara-Mahaica and Mahaica-Berbice to the north, the region of East Berbice-Corentyne to the east, and the regions of Potaro-Siparuni and Cuyuni-Mazaruni to the west (...) | |
| 68 | Demerara-Mahaica FeatureType : null Elevation : 2 Lat/Lng : 6.75 / -57.9833 | 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 (...) | |
| 69 | Potaro-Siparuni FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 136 Lat/Lng : 4.7697 / -59.2654 | Potaro-Siparuni (Region 8) is a region in Guyana, bordering the region of Cuyuni-Mazaruni to the north, the regions of Upper Demerara-Berbice and East Berbice-Corentyne to the east, the region of Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo to the south and Brazil to the west (...) | |
| 70 | Zeeburg, Guyana FeatureType : null Elevation : 1 Lat/Lng : 6.85 / -58.3167 | Zeeburg is a village located on the West Coast of Demerara in Guyana, South America. The village, in the administrative region Essequibo Islands-West Demerara (Region 3) was named by the Dutch during their occupation of Guyana (...) | |
| 71 | Zeelandia, Guyana FeatureType : city Lat/Lng : 7.0167 / -58.45 | Zeelandia, a community in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region of Guyana, is one of many villages and plantations on Wakenaam, the most developed of the Essequibo River islands. Located at the extreme northern end of the island facing the Atlantic Ocean, Zeelandia is a fishing village (...) | |
| 72 | Capture of Demerara and Essequibo FeatureType : river Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 6.8 / -58.1667 | The capture of Demerara and Essequibo was a French military expedition carried out in January 1782 as part of the Anglo-French War. In 1781, Admiral Lord Rodney sent two sloops from his fleet at Sint Eustatius to take possession of the Dutch colonies of Essequibo and Demerara (...) | |
| 73 | Wenamu River FeatureType : river Elevation : 121 Lat/Lng : 6.7167 / -61.1167 | Wenamu River (Venamo River) is a river in South America. It forms a portion of the international boundary between Venezuela and Guyana. It is part of the Essequibo River basin. (...) | |
| 74 | Geography of Guyana FeatureType : null Elevation : 1 Lat/Lng : 6.7667 / -58.1667 | The Geography of Guyana comprises the physical characteristics of the country in Northern South America and part of Caribbean South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Suriname and Venezuela, with a land area of approximately 214,969 square kilometres (...) | |
| 75 | Santa Rosa, Guyana FeatureType : null Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 7.65 / -58.95 | Santa Rosa is a community in the Barima-Waini region of northern Guyana. Its population is approximately 10,000 . Santa Rosa is the largest Amerindian village in Guyana. This predominantly Arawak village is located on the Moruka River, 29 km from its mouth (...) | |
| 76 | Soesdyke FeatureType : null Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 6.5458 / -58.2359 | Soesdyke is a village in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara Region (Region 4), Guyana, located between the Demerara River and the East Bank Public Road. Soesdyke is located just after the village called Den Heuvel (Coverden) if you are coming from Georgetown, which is the capital of Guyana (...) | |
| 77 | Awaruwaunau Airport FeatureType : null Elevation : 210 Lat/Lng : 2.6472 / -59.1944 | Awaruwaunau Airport is an airport serving the village of Awaruwaunau, in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana. (...) | |
| 78 | Kumaka, East Berbice-Corentyne FeatureType : null Elevation : 81 Lat/Lng : 3.9 / -58.38 | Kumaka is a village in the East Berbice–Corentyne region of Guyana. It stands on the right bank of the upper Essequibo River, about 35 km above Apoteri and the confluence of the Rupununi River with the Essequibo, at an elevation of 105 metres (344 ft) (...) | |
| 79 | Rupununi savannah FeatureType : null Elevation : 131 Lat/Lng : 2.75 / -59.75 | The Rupununi Savannah is a savanna plain in Guyana, in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region. It is an ecoregion of the Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands Biome. (...) | |
| 80 | Leonora, Guyana FeatureType : null Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 6.8719 / -58.289 | Leonora is a village in Essequibo Islands-West Demerara (Region 3), one of Guyana's 10 regions. Its subdivisions are Pasture, Sea Field, Para Field, Groenveldt and Sea Spray. The neighboring villages are Anna Catherina and Uitvlugt (...) | |
| 81 | El Dorado, Venezuela FeatureType : null Elevation : 130 Lat/Lng : 6.7167 / -61.6167 | El Dorado is a small town in eastern Venezuela. It is situated in Bolívar State, on the Cuyuni River. It is the second-largest town in Sifontes Municipality; the capital of the municipality is Tumeremo. It is on the road to Brazil. El Dorado has a small airport . (...) | |
| 82 | Kumaka FeatureType : null Elevation : 176 Lat/Lng : 58.8014 / 130.5664 | Kumaka may refer to: *Kumaka, Barima-Waini, a village in northern Guyana, near the Atlantic coast *Kumaka, East Berbice-Corentyne, a village in East Berbice-Corentyne, eastern Guyana, on the upper Essequibo River *Kumaka Falls, a waterfall on the Essequibo River in Guyana | |
| 83 | Queen's College, Guyana FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 6.8143 / -58.1637 | Queen's College is the top secondary school in Georgetown, Guyana, and is regarded by the USNWR as one of the premier schools in the world. It is situated at the south-easterly junction of Camp Street and Thomas Lands (...) | |
| 84 | French ship Éole (1799) FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 8.0 / -22.0 | Éole was an 18-gun corvette of the French Navy, launched, captured, and later commissioned in the Royal Navy in 1799 as HMS Nimrod after her capture by . She was then "the finest and most handsome ship-sloop in the British navy".Marshall (1832), Vol.3, Part 2, pp.318-21. She was sold in 1811 (...) | |
| 85 | National Library of Guyana FeatureType : null Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 6.8138 / -58.1646 | The National Library of Guyana (formerly known as the Carnegie Free Library, the Georgetown Free Public Library and the Free Public Library) is the legal deposit and copyright library for Guyana. Unlike many national libraries, it is also a public lending library and the headquarters of Guyana's (...) | |
| 86 | Fort Cépérou FeatureType : null Elevation : 30 Lat/Lng : 4.9376 / -52.3366 | Fort Cépérou was a fort that protected the city of Cayenne, French Guiana. The original wooden fort was built on a hill looking over the mouth of the Cayenne River in 1643. Over the years that followed the French temporarily lost the site to the Dutch, English and Portuguese (...) | |
| 87 | Guianan moist forests FeatureType : null Elevation : 225 Lat/Lng : 3.99 / -57.18 | The Guianan moist forests (NT0125) is an ecoregion in the east of Venezuela, north of Brazil and the Guyanas (Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana). It is in the Amazon biome. The climate is hot and humid, with two rainy seasons each year (...) | |
| 88 | Omai mine FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 65 Lat/Lng : 5.4305 / -58.7627 | The Omai mine is one of the largest gold mines in the Guyana and in the world. The mine is located in the north-west of the country in Cuyuni-Mazaruni. The mine has estimated reserves of 3.7 million oz of gold. On 19 August 1995 a tailings dam broke and leaked tailings into the Essequibo River. 4 (...) | |
| 89 | Tumatumari FeatureType : null Elevation : 79 Lat/Lng : 5.2628 / -59.1483 | 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 but is now a mixture of different race groups similar to that of Mahdia (...) | |
| 90 | Rockstone FeatureType : null Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 5.9831 / -58.5497 | Rockstone is a town on the right bank of the Essequibo River in the Upper Demerara-Berbice Region of Guyana, located at , altitude 6 Metres (22 feet). Rockstone is approximately 26 km west of Linden and is linked by road. | |
| 91 | Mountain Point Airport FeatureType : null Elevation : 123 Lat/Lng : 2.9986 / -59.6306 | Mountain Point Airport is an airport in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana. The nearest community is Sand Creek (13 km/8.1 miles east). (...) | |
| 92 | Acarai Mountains FeatureType : mountain Elevation : 273 Lat/Lng : 1.8333 / -57.5 | The Acarai Mountains (also, Akarai Mountains) are a wet, forested highland region of low mountains located in the southern part of Guyana. This range lies along the common border between Guyana and Brazil. The Acarai Mountains is one of four mountain ranges in Guyana, the others being the Imataka, (...) | |
| 93 | Wowetta FeatureType : null Elevation : 82 Lat/Lng : 3.95 / -59.1333 | Wowetta is an indigenous village in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region in Guyana inhabited by mostly Macushi people. The village has a population of 312 and 58 households according to 2006 census. The village got its meaning as "Soft out" that dates back to historic time (...) | |
| 94 | Demerara-Essequibo FeatureType : null Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 6.8121 / -58.1701 | The colony of Demerara-Essequibo was created on 13 August 1814 when the British combined the colonies of Demerara and Essequibo. On 20 November 1815 the colony was formally ceded to Britain by the Netherlands. The colony continued to use Dutch denominations of currency even though under British (...) | |
| 95 | Den Amstel FeatureType : city Elevation : 2 Lat/Lng : 6.85 / -58.25 | Den Amstel is a village in Guyana's Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region. It lies on the Atlantic coast, approximately west-north-west of the capital, Georgetown. The village has a population of around 3,000 people, who are predominantly Afro-Guyanese.Roxanne Clarke (4 September 2011) (...) | |
| 96 | Kamarang River FeatureType : null Elevation : 499 Lat/Lng : 5.8667 / -60.6 | Kamarang River is a river of the Essequibo River basin. The river originates in Venezuela where it is called Río Camarán or Río Camurán. Its source is located right next to the Troncal 10, in the middle of the Gran Sabana region (...) | |
| 97 | Noitgedacht FeatureType : city Elevation : 16 Lat/Lng : 6.0 / -58.3 | Noitgedacht (Dutch for 'Never Thought') is one of the villages on the Island of Wakenaam, Guyana. It is populated mainly by small farmers. The main access to this section of the island is by ferry/speedboat from the Essequibo coast (...) | |
| 98 | Bartica massacre FeatureType : null Elevation : 1 Lat/Lng : 6.4 / -58.6167 | The Bartica Massacre refers to the murder of twelve residents of Bartica, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Guyana, murdered by the criminal gang led by Rondell "Fineman" Rawlins. Rawlins and many of the other suspected gang members were later killed by Guyanese security forces (...) | |
| 99 | Abary River FeatureType : river Lat/Lng : 6.5493 / -57.739 | The Abary River is a small river in northern Guyana that drains into the Atlantic Ocean. Historic Amerindian settlements existed at Tiger Island, Taurakuli and Doctor Ho Landing. The largest Arawak settlement was Abary village in the upper Abary River, which unfortunately now lies under the (...) | |
| 100 | Kanashen FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 13.48 / -17.02 | The Kanashen (or Konashen) Community Owned Conservation (COCA) is Guyana’s first community-owned area that is legally protected; it is primarily inhabited by the Wai-Wai indigenous group. Kanashen houses the headwaters of the Essequibo River, Guyana’s principal water source, and encompasses the (...) | |
| 101 | Wichabai FeatureType : null Elevation : 115 Lat/Lng : 2.8667 / -59.5333 | Wichabai is a community in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana, located at , altitude 157 metres. | |
| 102 | Hogg Island, Guyana FeatureType : null Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 6.8242 / -58.5317 | Hogg Island, (sometimes referred to as Hog Island) is the largest of the hundreds of islands in the Essequibo River in Guyana, it is located just 5 km from the river's mouth in its estuary into the Atlantic Ocean, located at . With a total area of this island is larger than many Caribbean islands (...) | |
| 103 | Dadanawa Ranch FeatureType : null Elevation : 111 Lat/Lng : 2.8333 / -59.5167 | Dadanawa Ranch is located on the Rupununi River in the Rupununi savannah in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana. It is the largest and most isolated cattle ranch in Guyana. (...) | |
| 104 | Lusignan massacre FeatureType : null Elevation : 2 Lat/Lng : 6.7929 / -58.0446 | The Lusignan massacre refers to the murder of eleven residents of Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, Guyana, on 26 January 2008., BBC News, 28 January 2008. The victims were murdered by a group led by Rondell "Fineman" Rawlins (...) | |
| 105 | Demerara Harbour Bridge FeatureType : null Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 6.7719 / -58.1874 | The Demerara Harbour Bridge is a long floating toll bridge. It was commissioned on 2 July 1978. The bridge crosses the Demerara River south of the Guyanese capital Georgetown, from Peter's Hall, East Bank Demerara to Schoon Ord, West Bank Demerara, connecting Demerara-Mahaica (Region 4) with (...) | |
| 106 | Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Georgetown FeatureType : null Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 6.8075 / -58.162 | Brickdam Cathedral, more formally known as the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception, is the Roman Catholic cathedral in Georgetown, Guyana, and is the leading Catholic church of the country. Built in the 1920s, it is constructed in a Romanesque architectural style designed by Leonard Stokes, and is (...) | |
| 107 | Saxacalli FeatureType : null Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 6.5833 / -58.6167 | Saxacalli, located on the west bank of the Essequibo River some south of Parika at , was originally an Arawak community. Its present population of about 250 reflects Guyana's multi-ethnicity. Life in Saxacalli is based on small-scale logging, farming and some tourism, mainly from the use of the (...) | |
| 108 | Spring Garden, Guyana FeatureType : city Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 5.9167 / -57.1667 | Spring Garden is a village in Guyana. It is located on the Essequibo coast, next to Good Hope village. It is two villages away from Supenaam. The population consists of mostly East Indians. | |
| 109 | Kumaka Falls FeatureType : null Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : 5.4 / -58.8333 | Kumaka Falls is a waterfall on the Essequibo River, Guyana, approximately 5 km north of the confluence with the Potaro River.http://www.guyana-tourism.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17&Itemid=20 (...) | |
| 110 | Guyana School of Agriculture FeatureType : null Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 6.7903 / -58.0594 | The Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) is a post-secondary college of agricultural education in Guyana, established in 1963 by Dr. Cheddi Jagon. It became a state corporation in 1964. It offers two-year diploma and certificate courses (...) | |
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