Buxton

Buxton is a village in the Region of , standing about midway between and .
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  • Type: Town
  • Description: village in Guyana
  • Also known as: Buxton, Guyana

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Annandale and Lusignan.

Hamlet
is a community in the region of , located on the Atlantic Ocean between Buxton, and . Many of the inhabitants originally came from the Lusignan estate, while the former slaves of the plantation, bought the neighbouring Orange Nassau plantation and named it Buxton.

Town
is a community in region of and approximately 16 km from the capital city . Located on the East Coast of Demerara, it has a population of 1,868 as of 2012 mostly Indo-Guyanese.

Hamlet
also Non Pareil was the name of a sugarcane plantation, and later a village, on the east coast Demerara Region of that operated until the mid 20th century.

Buxton

Latitude
6.79499° or 6° 47′ 42″ north
Longitude
-58.02566° or 58° 1′ 32″ west
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
68R3QXVF+XP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 373016050
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3379221
Wiki­data ID
Q5003252
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Portuguese—“Buxton” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: Buxton
  • Chinese: 巴克斯頓
  • Dutch: Buxton
  • Irish: Buxton
  • Lithuanian: Bakstonas
  • Portuguese: Buxton

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