Georgetown, British Guiana

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Georgetown,_British_Guiana

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:city
gptkbp:airport	gptkb:Cheddi_Jagan_International_Airport gptkb:Eugene_F._Correia_International_Airport
gptkbp:areaCode	+592
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Guyana gptkb:British_Guiana
gptkbp:climate	tropical rainforest climate
gptkbp:country	gptkb:British_Guiana
gptkbp:currency	gptkb:Guyanese_dollar
gptkbp:currentLocation	gptkb:Guyana
gptkbp:demographics	ethnically diverse (Indo-Guyanese, Afro-Guyanese, others)
gptkbp:elevation	-2 m (below sea level)
gptkbp:founded	1781
gptkbp:hasAnimal	gptkb:Guyana_Zoo
gptkbp:hasMuseum	gptkb:Guyana_National_Museum gptkb:Walter_Roth_Museum_of_Anthropology
gptkbp:hasPort	gptkb:Port_Georgetown
gptkbp:historicalEvent	site of 1823 Demerara slave rebellion site of 1948 Enmore Martyrs strike
gptkbp:homeStadium	gptkb:Bourda_Cricket_Ground gptkb:Providence_Stadium
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Georgetown, British Guiana
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Demerara-Mahaica
gptkbp:locatedOnRiver	gptkb:Demerara_River
gptkbp:mayor	Ubraj Narine (as of 2023)
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:King_George_III
gptkbp:notableLandmark	gptkb:Parliament_Building gptkb:St._George's_Cathedral gptkb:Botanical_Gardens gptkb:Stabroek_Market gptkb:Umana_Yana
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Eusi_Kwayana gptkb:Norman_E._Cameron gptkb:Clive_Lloyd gptkb:Forbes_Burnham gptkb:Shivnarine_Chanderpaul gptkb:Walter_Rodney gptkb:Cheddi_Jagan gptkb:Eddy_Grant gptkb:Janet_Jagan gptkb:Grace_Nichols
gptkbp:officialLanguage	English
gptkbp:population	approx. 118,000 (2012)
gptkbp:postalCode	various, e.g., 592xx
gptkbp:sisterCity	gptkb:St._Louis,_United_States gptkb:Port_of_Spain,_Trinidad_and_Tobago gptkb:Paramaribo,_Suriname
gptkbp:timezone	UTC−4
gptkbp:university	gptkb:University_of_Guyana
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:CCH_Pounder gptkb:Walter_Rodney
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5