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    Georgetown, Guyana

    Capital city of Guyana

    Georgetown is the capital and largest city of Guyana. It is situated in Demerara-Mahaica, region 4, on the Atlantic Ocean coast, at the mouth of the Demerara River. It is nicknamed the "Garden City of the Caribbean." It is the retail, administrative, and financial services centre of the country, and the city accounts for a large portion of Guyana's GDP. The city recorded a population of 118,363 in the 2012 census. All executive departments of Guyana's government are located in the city, including Parliament Building, Guyana's Legislative Building and the Court of Appeals, Guyana's highest judicial court. The State House, as well as the offices and residence of the head of government, are both located in the city. The Secretariat of the international organization known as the Caribbean Community, with 15 member-states and five associate partners, is also based in Georgetown. Wikipedia

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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    Georgetown is located on Guyana's Atlantic coast on the east bank of Demerara River estuary. The terrain in this part of the country where the city is located is flat coastal plains. ... Georgetown recorded a population of 118,363 in the 2012 Guyanese census, down 12 percent from the 134,497 people counted in the 2002 census. [1] In 2002, about ...
  3. en.wikipedia.org

    This is a demography of Guyana including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.. Guyana's population (Guyanese people) is made up of five main ethnic groups: Indians, Africans, Amerindians, Europeans (mainly Portuguese), and Chinese.Ninety percent of the inhabitants live on the narrow ...
  4. britannica.com

    Jan 17, 2025Georgetown, capital city of Guyana. The country's chief port, Georgetown lies on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Demerara River. Although founded as a settlement by the British in 1781 and named for George III, the town had been largely rebuilt by the French by 1784. Known during the Dutch
    Author:The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  5. worldpopulationreview.com

    Guyana has only one city with a population more than 50,000. The capital, Georgetown, is home to about 240,000, or 355,000 in the metro area, and the next largest city is Linden with 45,000 people. 90% of Guyana's population lives on the coastal strip, which accounts for only 10% of the total land area and is just 40 miles across at its widest ...
  6. worldometers.info

    The 2024 population density in Guyana is 4 people per Km 2 (11 people per mi 2), calculated on a total land area of 196,850 Km2 (76,004 sq. miles). Largest Cities in Guyana # CITY NAME POPULATION; 1: Georgetown: 235,017: See also. Population of Guyana; GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of Guyana; Demographics of Latin America and the Caribbean;
  7. citypopulation.de

    Co-operative Republic of Guyana with population statistics, maps, charts, weather and web information. Home → America. Guyana. Co-operative Republic of Guyana. Regions. The population of the regions of Guyana by census years. ... the City of Georgetown consists of the former city area (pop. 33,366 in 2002 and 24,234 in 2012) and its suburbs ...
  8. The figure below shows unnormalized population distribution for Georgetown. Figure 1. Population Distribution by Communities, Georgetown, Guyana. Each spatial unit in the map above is listed as a 'village' in the census population file. However, determining the exact boundaries of these units is difficult because the Statistics Bureau has ...
  9. newworldencyclopedia.org

    Georgetown hosts Guyana's only seaport. Demographics. Georgetown had an estimated population of 310,320 in 2002. The population of Guyana (769,000) is racially and ethnically heterogeneous, composed chiefly of the descendants of immigrants who came to the country either as slaves or as indentured laborers. East Indians made up 43.5 percent of ...

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