Demerara
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/30188
- Note
- "Demerara (Dutch: Demerary) is a historical region in the Guianas on the north coast of South America which is now part of the country of Guyana. It was a Dutch colony until 1815 and a county of British Guiana from 1838 to 1966. It was located about the lower courses of the Demerara River, and its main town was Georgetown.
The name "Demerara" comes from a variant of the Arawak word "Immenary" or "Dumaruni" which means "river of the letter wood". Demerara sugar is so named because originally it came from sugar cane fields in the colony of Demerara." - (en.wikipedia.org 15.10.2019) - Latitude
- 6.8120999336243
- Longitude
- -58.170101165771
- Time zone
- America/Guyana
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