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Georgetown
6.80° N, 58.17° W
- Population
- 264,350
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 1 of 1
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 1 cities of Guyana in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Guyana, so this is not a national ranking.
- Founded
- 1781
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Area
- 148 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Administrative unit
- Demerara-Mahaica
- The administrative unit Wikidata files this city under (P131), one level below the state. The state itself is shown on its own row and is not repeated here; a city filed under more than three units shows no row at all.
- Named after
- George III of Great Britain
- Wikidata · P138 · checked 2026-09-20
- Time zone
- America/Guyana
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Practical bearings for Georgetown, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Georgetown have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
In 1781, the British named Georgetown in honor of King George III.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
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