Georgetown (Guyana)

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Georgetown
Georgetown (Guyana)
Georgetown
Georgetown
Coordinates 6 ° 47 ′  N , 58 ° 10 ′  W Coordinates: 6 ° 47 ′  N , 58 ° 10 ′  W
Basic data
Country Guyana

region

Demerara Mahaica
ISO 3166-2 GY-DE
height 0 m
Residents 32,563 (January 1, 2005)
Metropolitan area 134,599 (January 1, 2005)
founding 1781
Culture
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Georgetown is the capital of Guyana with 32,563 inhabitants in the actual city and 134,599 in the agglomeration (as of January 1, 2005). Founded in 1781, the city is the seat of the Catholic diocese of Georgetown and the Caribbean Community . One of eight regional headquarters of the International Transport Workers' Federation is also located in the city .

geography

Georgetown is located at the mouth of the Demerara in the Atlantic in the Demerara-Mahaicaim region in a lowland area that the Dutch drained and fortified here. The city is protected by dikes. The Essequibo River empties around 20 km northwest of the city .

climate

The place has a tropical climate with warm to hot temperatures all year round . The Relative humidity varies throughout the year with the highest humidity in May, June, August and December. June is the wettest month with 328 mm of rainfall , while February is the driest month with an average of 88 mm of rainfall. The total precipitation is 2261 mm. Due to the cooling north-east trade winds , the mercury rarely rises above 31 degrees Celsius. The warmest month is September with 27.7 degrees Celsius, the coldest month is January with an average of 26.1 degrees Celsius. The average temperature is 26.8 degrees Celsius.

Georgetown (Guyana)
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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: WMO
Monthly Average Temperatures and Rainfall for Georgetown, Guyana
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 28.7 28.9 29.6 29.5 29.4 29.2 29.6 30.2 30.8 30.7 30.2 29.4 O 29.7
Min. Temperature (° C) 23.2 24.1 24.2 24.4 24.2 23.8 23.5 23.8 24.2 24.4 24.2 23.7 O 24
Precipitation ( mm ) 185 88 111 140 288 328 268 201 97 107 186 262 Σ 2,261
Rainy days ( d ) 16 10 10 12 19th 23 21st 15th 9 9 12 18th Σ 174
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Cityscape

Colonial building
Flame trees in Georgetown Botanical Gardens, 1958

Georgetown is characterized by the contrast between representative buildings in the city center and the corrugated iron huts in the outskirts. Traditionally, most houses in the city in timber construction are built, the 1887-1889 built Town Hall , boasting ornate balconies and a projecting tower and the 1829-1834 built by the British colonial administration government building . Typical of the construction of these colonial buildings is their ornate, playful style and their painting in the brightest colors. Many stand on posts up to three meters high to protect the residents from soil moisture and flooding and at the same time to take advantage of all wind cooling options in the hot tropical climate. The 45 meter high tower of the Anglican St. George's Cathedral , which was inaugurated in 1892 and is one of the tallest wooden churches in the world, is unmistakable in the cityscape .

City center with the white St. George's Cathedral in the picture center

Lotus and giant water lilies of the genus Victoria , the national plant of Guyana, which can be especially admired in the large botanical garden , grow in numerous drainage canals that run through the city along wide avenues planted with flame trees and other flowering trees . - Georgetown is also known as the garden city of the Caribbean . This name, however, has nothing to do with the urban concept garden city of Ebenezer Howard to do, but rather is based on the strong greening the city.

Houses of Parliament in Georgetown

history

Georgetown City Hall

Georgetown was founded under the name Longchamps during the French occupation of the colonies Essequibo and Demerara in 1781 . After the colonies were returned to the Netherlands in 1783 , the city was named Stabroek , after Nicolaas Geelvinck, Herr von Stabroek ( Belgium ), who was one of the directors on the board of the Dutch West India Company (Messrs. XIX).

The colonies of Essequibo and Demerara were occupied by the British from 1796 to 1802 and from 1803 to 1814 . In 1814 the colonies were officially transferred to the United Kingdom. Subsequently, the city was given its current name Georgetown, named after the British King George III .

In 1945 a fire destroyed large parts of the old town. There is a university in the city , the UG University of Guyana , founded in 1963 . The Guyana Zoological Park , which opened on January 1, 1952 , is located in the Bourda district , where the cricket stadium is also located, where the 2007 World Cricket Championship was opened . Georgetown has been the capital of Guyana since 1966. On June 13, 1980, Walter Rodney , historian and politician, was murdered in Georgetown in a bomb attack presumably initiated by the Guyanese government. In 2007 the Rio group held its 19th meeting in Georgetown. On July 30, 2011, a Boeing 737-800 operated by Caribbean Airlines broke while landing at Georgetown Airport. All passengers survived this accident.

The cricket stadium
Victoria Law Courts

Population development

Georgetown has 32,563 inhabitants in the actual city and 134,599 in the agglomeration (as of January 1, 2005). The following overview shows the population of the actual city without the suburban belt.

        year       Residents
1825 8,500
1881 47,000
1891 53,000
1901 53,200
1911 54,000
1921 53,400
1926 57,100
1929 57,000
1931 69,700
1932 63,400
        year       Residents
1936 66,600
1938 67,600
1943 73,200
1951 85,000
1960 97,200
1970 63.184
1980 56,095
1991 48,842
2002 35,440
2005 32,563

Town twinning

Georgetown has a partnership with the following cities:

Georgetown International Conference Center

Economy and Infrastructure

Laluni Street

Georgetown is the country's cultural and economic center. The city's seaport is also the main port of Guyana - a large part of the export goods (including sugar , wood , rice and bauxite ) are shipped here. The Guyana Sugar Corporation , the largest company in the country, has its headquarters in the capital. Numerous other companies have their headquarters in the city. These include:

Bank of Guyana , British Sky Broadcasting (Sky TV), Courts Guyana Ltd., Gafoors Group of Companies, Giftland, Grace Kennedy Remitence Service, Guyana Net, Guyana Power & Light, Guyana Stores, Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company, Guyana Water Inc. , John Lewis Styles, KFC, KPMG Guyana, Laparkan Group of Companies, Le Meredien Pegasus Hotel, Money Gram Guyana, National Communications Network, National Milling Company of Guyana, N.Osman Investments, The Tower Hotel, Scotia Bank Guyana, Sprint 151, St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital, U-Mobile, Weiting and Richter, and Western Union Guyana Ltd.

The international airport, Cheddi Jagan International Airport , is 40 km south of the city and is connected by taxi traffic via a connecting road. More than 450,000 tourists come to Georgetown each year, which is almost 86% of all tourism in Guyana.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Georgetown  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
 Wikinews: Georgetown  - on the news
Wiktionary: Georgetown  - explanations of meanings, origins of words, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the diocese
  2. ↑ The Great Fire of 1945 (English)
  3. ↑ http://www.fliegerweb.com/airliner/news/artikel.php?show=news-7761
  4. ↑ Sister towns of St Louis ( Memento from December 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive )