Demerara River

The Demerara River is a river in eastern that rises in the central rainforests of the country and flows to the north for 346 kilometres until it reaches the Atlantic Ocean. , Guyana's largest seaport and capital, is situated on the east bank of the river's mouth.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Stabroek Market and Georgetown City Hall.

Marketplace
Photo: Dan Sloan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the largest market of , . Located in the centre of the capital city, the market is housed in an iron and steel structure with a prominent clock tower.

Town hall
Photo: JukoFF, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a nineteenth-century Gothic Revival building located on the corner of Regent Street and Avenue of the Republic in , .

Museum
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
is a in , , . It was established on 13 February 1868. Many of the museum's artifacts have been there for more than fifty years, like the Pork-knocker, which has been on display for over sixty years.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stabroek and Providence.

Neighborhood
is a ward in the centre of , having previously been the old name of the wider city itself, between 1784 and 1812.

Hamlet
Photo: FrWaters, CC BY 2.5.
is a community in the Region of , on the east bank of the Demerara River, located at, altitude 1 metre. is approximately 10 kilometres south of the capital, . is situated 5 km south of Demerara River.

Town
is a village in between and Goedverwagting. It was purchased by freed slaves from cattle farmer A J Watershodt for $39,000 after the abolition of slavery in 1838. is situated 9 km east of Demerara River.

Demerara River

Latitude
6.80814° or 6° 48′ 29″ north
Longitude
-58.17267° or 58° 10′ 22″ west
Open location code
68R3RR5G+7W
Geo­Names ID
3378949
Wiki­data ID
Q1185369
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Satellite Map

Discover Demerara River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Frisian—“Demerara River” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Demerara”
  • Albanian: “Lumi Demerara”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Demerara”
  • Belarusian: “Дэмерара”
  • Belarusian: “Дэмэрара”
  • Catalan: “Demerara”
  • Cebuano: “Demerara River”
  • Chinese: “德梅拉拉河”
  • Chinese: “德默拉拉河”
  • Chuvash: “Демерара”
  • Czech: “Demerara”
  • Dutch: “Demerara”
  • French: “Demerara”
  • German: “Demerara River”
  • German: “Demerara”
  • Hindi: “डेमेरेरा नदी”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Demerara”
  • Japanese: “デメララ川”
  • Kazakh: “Демерара”
  • Latin: “Demerarius (flumen)”
  • Latin: “Demerarius”
  • Lithuanian: “Demerara”
  • Marathi: “डेमेरेरा नदी”
  • Northern Frisian: “Demerara”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Demerara”
  • Norwegian: “Demerara”
  • Polish: “Demerara (rzeka)”
  • Polish: “Demerara”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Demerara”
  • Russian: “Демерара”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Demerare (rijeka)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Demerare”
  • Slovak: “Demerara”
  • Spanish: “Rio Demerara”
  • Spanish: “Río Demerara”
  • Swedish: “Demerara”
  • Ukrainian: “Демерара (річка)”
  • Ukrainian: “Демерара”
  • Welsh: “Afon Demerara”
  • Western Frisian: “Demerara”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Werk-en-Rust and Robbstown.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Port of Georgetown and Independence Square.

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