Linden, Guyana

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Linden, Guyana is a major inland town and bauxite-mining center on the Demerara River, known as one of the country’s key urban and industrial hubs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
town
urban area
climateClassification tropical rainforest climate
continent South America
country Guyana
currency Guyanese dollar
distanceToCapital about 100 km south of Georgetown
economicRole key industrial hub of Guyana
major inland bauxite-mining center
regional commercial center
formedByMergerOf Christianburg
Mackenzie
Wismar
formerName Christianburg
Mackenzie
governedBy Linden Mayor and Town Council
hasAirport Linden Airport
hasEducationalInstitutionType secondary schools
technical and vocational institutes
hasEthnicCommunity Afro-Guyanese
Indigenous peoples of Guyana
Indo-Guyanese
hasMunicipalStatus township
historicalActivity 20th-century bauxite extraction
alumina export
isInland true
locatedIn Upper Demerara-Berbice
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Region 10, Guyana
locatedInEcoregion Guianan moist forests
locatedInTimeZone UTC−04:00
locatedOnRiver Demerara River
majorIndustry alumina processing
bauxite mining
namedAfter Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham
nationalSignificance important center of Guyana’s mining sector
key inland urban hub of Guyana
officialLanguage English
populationCharacteristic one of the largest towns in Guyana
primaryLanguage English
religionPresent Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
roadConnectionTo Georgetown, Guyana
Soesdyke
interior regions of Guyana
transportLink Demerara River water transport
Linden–Soesdyke Highway
urbanHierarchyRole second-tier urban center after Georgetown

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