Demerara River
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stabroek Market and Georgetown City Hall.
Stabroek Market
Marketplace
Photo: Dan Sloan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stabroek Market is the largest market of Georgetown, Guyana. Located in the centre of the capital city, the market is housed in an iron and steel structure with a prominent clock tower.
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. Andrew’s Kirk
Church
Photo: Dan Sloan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St. Andrew's Kirk is one of the oldest buildings in Georgetown, Guyana that has been continually in use for religious purposes. Construction began in 1811, led by the Dutch Reformed Church; they were forced to abandon it for financial reasons and so St.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stabroek and Providence.
Stabroek
Neighborhood
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.
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 5 km south of Demerara River.
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 9 km east of Demerara River.
Demerara River
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Guyana
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Guyana, South America
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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: “Рака Дэмерара”
- 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”
- 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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