Bartica

Bartica
Coordinates	6 ° 24 ′  N , 58 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 6 ° 24 ′  N , 58 ° 37 ′  W
Basic data
Country	Guyana
region	Cuyuni-Mazaruni
Residents	15,000
founding	1842
Cityscape

Street in Bartica

Bartica is a town in the South American region Cuyuni-Mazaruni in Guyana . It is located on the left bank of the Essequibo at the confluence of the Cuyuni and Mazaruni with the Essequibo. This made the city an important gateway into the interior. The city was created by the settlement of Anglican missionaries in 1842, which just a few years later had around 30 houses and a church. The name Bartica means red earth .

The city has two secondary and three primary schools, and there is also a hospital in town. In the north of the village there are ruins of an old Dutch fort Kyk-Over-All . Every Easter weekend there is a regatta in Bartica with other sporting events such as cricket, boxing and football. There is also a street parade and an election for the Miss Bartica Regatta. There is another regatta in August.

Citizen

• Ivor Mendonca , a cricketer, was born in Bartica
• Dianne Ferreira-James , a FIFA referee

massacre

On February 17, 2008, Bartica was ambushed by a gang from Rondell Rawlins . Twelve people, including three police officers, were shot dead. Numerous shops were looted.

Personalities

• Frank Bowling (* 1936 in Bartica), British artist

Web links

Commons : Bartica  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Appun, Karl Ferdinand: Under the tropics. Volume 2: British Guyana. Jena 1871, p. 82