Stabroek
Stabroek is a ward in the centre of Georgetown, Guyana, having previously been the old name of the wider city itself, between 1784 and 1812.- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: ward in Georgetown, Guyana
- Also known as: “Stabroek, Guyana”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Georgetown and Georgetown City Hall.
Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Georgetown
Church
Photo: Wiko adonayo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Georgetown City Hall
Town hall
Photo: JukoFF, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Georgetown City Hall is a nineteenth-century Gothic Revival building located on the corner of Regent Street and Avenue of the Republic in Georgetown, Guyana.
St. George’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: Dan Lundberg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St. George's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Georgetown, Guyana. The church is of Gothic Revival timber construction and reaches a height of 43.5 metres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Providence and Plaisance.
Providence
Hamlet
Providence is a community in the Demerara-Mahaica Region of Guyana, on the east bank of the Demerara River, located at, altitude 1 metre. Providence is approximately 10 kilometres south of the capital, Georgetown. Providence is situated 6 km southwest of Stabroek.
Plaisance
Town
Plaisance is a village in Guyana between Better Hope and Goedverwagting. It was purchased by freed slaves from cattle farmer A J Watershodt for $39,000 after the abolition of slavery in 1838. Plaisance is situated 8 km east of Stabroek.
Better Hope
Town
Better Hope is a village located in the Demerara-Mahaica region of Guyana. The village has been named after the Plantation Betterhoop. It was originally a fishing village with many working on the sugar estates and nearby farms. Better Hope is situated 8 km east of Stabroek.
Stabroek
- Category: locality
- Location: Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana, South America
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Latitude
6.80741° or 6° 48′ 27″ northLongitude
-58.15994° or 58° 9′ 36″ westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
68R3RR4R+X2OpenStreetMap ID
node 599686721OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Stabroek” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Stabroek”
- Russian: “Стабрук (Джорджтаун)”
- Russian: “Стабрук”
- Ukrainian: “Стабрук (Джорджтаун)”
- Ukrainian: “Стабрук”
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