Local time
Sun, 9:02 AM GMT-4America/GuyanaCityCapital
Georgetown
6.80° N, 58.17° W
- Population
- 264,350
- Natural Earth
- 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.
- Time zone
- America/Guyana
Traveler brief
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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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