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The Georgetown Lighthouse
The Georgetown Lighthouse was first a wooden lighthouse completed in 1817 by the Dutch and it’s purpose was to aid vessels and ships into the Demerara River from the Atlantic Ocean. On June 1st, 1830 the structure was rebuilt with brick and concrete on the same site by the Dutch. The lighthouse in it’s present form was renovated and had its foundations repaired by British engineers allowing it to last for almost 200 years.
The present brick structure is located on Water Street and measures 103 feet tall. It has distinctive red and white strips and is a National Monument of Guyana.
The top of the Light house offers a panaramic view of Georgetown and the Demerara River as shown below:a
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Official Name
The Co-operative Republic of Guyana. Georgetown is the capital city.
National Symbols
Population
Approximately 751,223 (Census 2002) of which 90% live along the coastal strip and banks of the three major rivers. The ethnic composition of the population is as follows:
- East Indian 43.5%
- Black (African) 30.2%
- Mixed 16.7%
- Amerindian 9.1%
- Other 0.5%
Location
North East of South America between 1o & 9o North Latitude and 57o & 61o West Longitude, bordering Venezuela to the West, Brazil to the South, Suriname to the East.
Language
The official language is English. Often spoken with a Caribbean Creole flavour. Guyana is also the only English speaking country in South America.
Government
Guyana became independent from Britain in 1966 and a “Cooperative Republic in 1970, when a non executive President replaced the Governor-General. A new constitution in 1980 gave the President wide executive powers. The Cabinet is headed by the President, and there is a 65-member National Assembly elected by proportional representation.
President: Bharat Jagdeo
Prime Minister: Samuel Hinds
Other information
Currency: Guyana Dollar
Time Zone: GMT – 04:00
Area: 214,970 km2 or 83,000 sq mi
Country Code: 592
We drive on the left side of the road.
I love my country
Very Beautiful!
Guyana is a beautiful country but is negatively affected by hate politics. What a pity.
in the middle 40s I was stationed at Atkinson Field ,up river from G’town.. When in the city I stayed at the USO barricks by the Lighthouse. I wandered the streets and enjoyed soo much the flavor of this lovely city. I look at the pictures of then and now and feel very nostalgic. It was soo peaceful then.. I continued contact with a friend , now in Alberta ,Canada, even after some sixty years
I have beautiful memories of having the opportunity of climbing the stairs to the top of the Lighthouse on many occasions during my school days in British Guiana in the 1940′s, while attending the Modern Educational Institute, Georgetown. I am moved to tears of joy and nostalgia at the beautiful memories having looked at a photos of the Light House this morning as I read the Kaieteur News in London, England.
May God bless Guyana the land of my birth.
I remember it well. As a young girl I lived in Georgetown, Guyana, with my family. A feeling of nostalgia washes over me as I see the views. Thank you, Guyana, for some lovely memories.
As a school boy attending Christ Church Anglican
School in the early fifties,I recall the various “Field trips” and one of the trips was to the Lighthouse in Kingston and climbing up the spiral staircase was a joy.It’s definitely a heritage building and must be preserved at all costs….God bless my beloved Guyana !
I have always wanted to visit Guyana. I never had the opportunity though. Maybe someday I will.
i wish people would stop looking at all the fronted photos,and visit those durty places,it is shameful
Guyana is still a beautiful place, if all of us who migrated early deceided to go back and give what we as kids got from this beautiful land in our early days it might get back to that with some help from the government, i would be the first one to volunteer.