Demerara
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thumb|2 Joes (or 44 Dutch Guilders), Colonies of Demerary and Essequebo (1830s), second issue.
Key facts
- Country.common_languages
- Dutch, English, Guyanese Creole, Guyanese Hindustani, Tamil, South Asian languages, African languages, Akawaio, Macushi, Waiwai, Arawakan, Patamona, Warrau, Carib, Wapishana, Arekuna, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Chinese
- Country.today
- Guyana
- Country.currency
- Spanish dollar, Dutch guilder, British Guiana dollar, British West Indies dollar
- Country.name
- Demerara
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Colony of Demerara County of Demerara
- Country.common_name
- Demerara
- Country.life_span
- 1745–18121838–1958
- Country.year_start
- 1745
- Country.year_end
- 1958
- Country.date_start
- 18 October
- Country.event_start
- Established as a Dutch West India Company colony
- Country.event_end
- Merged into the new regions
- Country.event1
- Raid on Essequibo and Demerara
- Country.date_event1
- 24–27 February 1781
- Country.event2
- Capture of Demerara and Essequibo
- Country.date_event2
- 22 January 1782
- Country.event3
- Peace of Paris
- Country.date_event3
- 1783
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- historical region
- Located in
- British Guiana
- Capital
- Georgetown
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- inception
- 1745-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1815-01-01
- Commons category
- Demerara
- different from
- Demerara
- native label
- Kolonie Demerary
- language used
- Dutch
- P8168
- Yu Chagwang
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Conquest and reconquest
- Slave rebellion
- Dissolution
- Notable Demerarans
- Commanders of Demerara
- Governors of Demerara
- Directors-general
- Lieutenant governors of Demerara and Essequibo
- Leaders of rebellions
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
thumb|2 Joes (or 44 Dutch Guilders), Colonies of Demerary and Essequebo (1830s), second issue.
Demerara (; , ) is a historical region in the Guianas, on the north coast of South America, now part of the country of Guyana. It was a colony of the Dutch West India Company between 1745 and 1792 and a colony of the Dutch state from 1792 until 1815. It was merged with Essequibo in 1812 by the British who took control. It formally became a British colony in 1815 until Demerara-Essequibo was merged with Berbice to form the colony of British Guiana in 1831. In 1838, it became a county of British Guiana until 1958. In 1966, British Guiana gained independence as Guyana and in 1970 it became a republic as the Co-operative Republic of Guyana. It was located around the lower course of the Demerara River, and its main settlement was Georgetown.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Demerara” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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