Georgetown
capital city of Guyana
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Summary
Georgetown is a city[1]. Georgetown ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,100 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Demerara-Mahaica[3]
- Country: Guyana[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Demerara River[5], Atlantic Ocean[6]
- Head of government: Alfred Mentore[7]
- Instance of: big city[8], port city[9], largest city[10]
- Official language: English[11]
- Named after: George III of Great Britain[12]
- Twinned administrative body: Pyongyang[13], St. Louis[14], Fuzhou[15], Port of Spain[16]
- Commons category: Georgetown, Guyana[17]
- Located in time zone: UTC−04:00[18], UTC−03:00[19]
- Inception: 1781[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Georgetown, Guyana[21]
- Population: 118,369[22], 200,500[23], 134,497[24], 151,679[25], 235,017[26]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[28], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[29], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[30], The New Student's Reference Work[31]
- Capital of: Guyana[32], British Guiana[33], Demerara[34]
- Official name: Georgetown[35]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Georgetown, Guyana[36]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Georgetown[37]
- Native label: Georgetown[38]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Georgetown, Guyana[39]
- Different from: Georgetown[40]
- Elevation above sea level: 0 m[41], 3 m[42]
- Area: 147.6 km²[43]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[44]
Why It Matters
Georgetown has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] Georgetown is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]