Demerara
Sign in to savethumb|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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Article
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.