State House
State House located in Georgetown, is the official residence of the president of Guyana. It was previously the official residence of the governor of British Guiana before the colony gained independence and became Guyana.Photo: Dan Sloan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Public building
- Description: official residence of the President of Guyana
- Also known as: “State House, Guyana”
- Address: Main Street, Georgetown
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Promenade Gardens and Guyana National Museum.
Promenade Gardens
Garden
Promenade Gardens is a garden in Georgetown, Guyana. To the south is Independence Park, the site of public execution of slaves who participated in the uprising of 1823.
Guyana National Museum
Museum
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
Guyana National Museum is a museum in Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana. 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. Guyana National Museum is situated 550 metres southwest of State House.
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. St. George’s Cathedral is situated 540 metres south of State House.
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 7 km south of State House.
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 State House.
State House
- Categories: architectural structure, building, and government building
- Location: Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
6.81748° or 6° 49′ 3″ northLongitude
-58.16284° or 58° 9′ 46″ westLevels
2Open location code
68R3RR8P+XVOpenStreetMap ID
way 404442484OpenStreetMap feature
building=publicWikidata ID
Q7603372
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“State House” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “圭亞那總統府”
- Chinese: “蓋亞那總統府”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ستيت هاوس”
- French: “State House”
- Japanese: “政府庁舎”
- Polish: “State House (Gujana)”
- Polish: “State House”
- Portuguese: “State House”
- Russian: “Государственный дом”
- Ukrainian: “Державний будинок”
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