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Demerara–Mahaica (Região 4) é uma região da Guiana. A região é banhada pelo Oceano Atlântico ao norte e faz fronteira com a região de Mahaica–Berbice a leste, com a região de Ilhas do Essequibo–Demerara Ocidental a oeste e com a região de Alto Demerara–Berbice ao sul.
- 2.232 km²
- 2002
- Triumph
- 310.320 habitantes
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.
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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.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, Good Hope, Chelsey Park, and Jonestown, which is often referred to as Mahaica or its old Dutch plantation name Voorzigtigheid.
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.
Demerara-Mahaica (región 4) es una región de Guyana de 2.232 km², que limita con el océano Atlántico al norte, con la región de Mahaica-Berbice al este, con la región de Alto Demerara-Berbice al sur y con la región de Islas Essequibo-Demerara Occidental al oeste.
Demerara-Mahaica (Region 4) is a region in the north of Guyana. The regional capital is Georgetown, which is also the national capital. The region has an area of 2,232 km². As of the 2012 census, 313,429 people lived there.
