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British Guiana

British possession in the Guianas region between 1814–1966
AdministrativeArea crown_colony Q918126

Facts

17 properties

Identity

Instance of
crown colony
Inception
1814[12]

Location

Country
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 5.000°, -58.750°
Continent
South America[3]
More facts +12
Part of
British West Indies[11]
Anthem
God Save the King[9]
Basic form of government
colony[10]
Capital
Georgetown[4]
Commonwealth Sport country code
BGU[22]
Currency
British West Indies dollar, Guyanese dollar, Eastern Caribbean dollar[6][7][8]
Described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[14][15]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1966[13]
Language used
English, Guyanese Creole[20][21]
Official language
English[5]
Replaced by
Guyana, Commonwealth realm of Guyana[18][19]
Replaces
Dutch Guiana, Berbice[16][17]
🏷️ Also known as
en British Guiana en Colonial Guyana ar غيانا البريطانية da Britisk Guyana de Britisch Guayana de Britisch-Guyana de Britisch-Guiana de Britisch-Guayana el Βρετανική Γουιάνα es Guayana Inglesa es Guayana Britanica es Guayana británica es Guayana Británica es Guyana Britanica es Guyana Británica fa گویان بریتانیا fi Brittiläinen Guiana fr Guyane britannique fr Guyane Britannique he גיאנה הבריטית
🔖 Identifiers · 14
VIAF cluster ID
730154387234230970008
GND ID
14537-3
BBC Things ID
b9dfc89f-b66c-4fc6-b9e2-3343334e552b
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
britisch-guayana
Freebase ID
/m/01c995
Joconde location ID
T84-262
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987013003038905171
PM20 geo code
E102
Quora topic ID
British-Guiana
SNARC ID
Dominica at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Topic's main category
Category:British Guiana
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Concept", "BritishGuiana::6dz4f"]
Show all 14 identifiers +2
YSO ID
148033
Yale LUX ID
place/95b1caaa-e744-4841-a73e-f9687f27819f

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🔗 Connections
People born here 14
Donald Ramotar, William John Locke, Barbados Joe Walcott, Gina Miller, Pauline Melville, Ptolemy Reid, John Agard, Phil Griffiths +6 more
Things located in country 8
British Guiana at the 1952 Summer Olympics, British Guiana at the 1964 Summer Olympics, British Guiana at the 1948 Summer Olympics, British Guiana at the 1960 Summer Olympics, British West Indies dollar, Schomburgk Line, Popular Party, British Guiana Forest Department
Citizens 4
Brenda Archer, Elsa Goveia, Carl Crawford, Jane Phillips-Gay
← Country for sport 4
Phil Edwards, Brenda Archer, Oliver Hunter, Carl Crawford
Currency 3
Eastern Caribbean dollar, Guyanese dollar, British West Indies dollar
Contained subdivisions 2
Demerara, Rupununi District
Language used 2
English, Guyanese Creole
Replaced by 2
Guyana, Commonwealth realm of Guyana
Residents 2
Robert Hermann Schomburgk, Ann Haven Morgan
← Applies to jurisdiction 2
Guyanese dollar, Court of Policy
← Country of origin 2
British Guiana 1c magenta, The Argosy
← Replaced by 2
Gran Colombia, Berbice
Anthem 1
God Save the King
Basic form of government 1
colony
Capital 1
Georgetown
Continent 1
South America
Country 1
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Described by source 1
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Instance of 1
crown colony
Official language 1
English
Part of 1
British West Indies
People who died here 1
Frank De Caires
Replaces 1
Berbice
SNARC ID 1
Dominica at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Topic's main category 1
Category:British Guiana
← Capital of 1
Georgetown
← Category combines topics 1
Category:20th century in British Guiana
← Category's main topic 1
Category:British Guiana
← FactGrid item ID 1
Dvorek
← Main subject 1
Template:Country data British Guiana
← Replaces 1
Commonwealth realm of Guyana
← Taxon range 1
Mormidea ypsilon
← Work location 1
Caspar Voght Jr.
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Summary

British Guiana is a crown colony[1].

Related Entities

Donald Ramotar Eastern Caribbean dollar Gran Colombia Guyana Guyanese dollar United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Ske · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Wikidata description → British possession in the Guianas region between 1814–1966
    Currency → British West Indies dollar, Guyanese dollar, Eastern Caribbean dollar
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of British Guiana
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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