Guyana Zoo
Guyana Zoo is a zoo located in Georgetown, the capital of Guyana. The zoo officially opened in 1952, but its grounds had been used as botanical gardens since 1895.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dan Sloan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Zoo
- Description: zoo
- Address: National Park Thomas Lands
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Castalaney House and Georgetown Football Stadium.
Castalaney House
Museum
Photo: Caribiana, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castellani House is a large nineteenth-century building in Georgetown, Guyana. It is on the corner of Vlissengen Road and Homestretch Avenue. It was designed and constructed by the Maltese architect, Cesar Castellani, between 1879 and 1882. Castalaney House is situated 400 metres southwest of Guyana Zoo.
Georgetown Football Stadium
Pitch
Georgetown Football Stadium is a multi-use stadium on Vlissengen Road in Georgetown, Guyana. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 2,000 people. Georgetown Football Stadium is situated 280 metres west of Guyana Zoo.
Queenstown Mosque
Mosque
The Queenstown Mosque or Queenstown Masjid is a mosque in Georgetown, Guyana. Queenstown Mosque is situated 620 metres northwest of Guyana Zoo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stabroek and Plaisance.
Stabroek
Neighborhood
Stabroek was the old name of Georgetown, Guyana, between 1784 and 1812, and was the capital of Demerara. Stabroek is currently a ward in the centre of Georgetown.
Plaisance
Village
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 6 km east of Guyana Zoo.
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 Guyana Zoo.
Guyana Zoo
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana, South America
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Latitude
6.80741° or 6° 48′ 27″ northLongitude
-58.14626° or 58° 8′ 47″ westOperator
Protected Areas CommissionOpen location code
68R3RV43+XFOpenStreetMap ID
way 30765532OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=zooWikidata ID
Q1557640
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In Other Languages
From German to Ukrainian—“Guyana Zoo” goes by many names.
- German: “Guyana Zoological Park”
- Japanese: “ガイアナ動物園”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Guyana Zoological Park”
- Norwegian: “Guyana Zoological Park”
- Polish: “Guyana Zoo”
- Russian: “Зоопарк Гайаны”
- Spanish: “Parque zoologico de Guyana”
- Spanish: “Parque zoológico de Guyana”
- Tamil: “கயானாப் பூங்கா”
- Thai: “สวนสัตว์กายอานา”
- Ukrainian: “Зоопарк Гаяни”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Guyana Water Inc. and Guyana Botanical Gardens.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Guyana Zoo”. Photo: Dan Sloan, CC BY-SA 2.0.