Georgetown

Summary

Georgetown is a city^[1]. Georgetown ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,629 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Georgetown is located in Demerara-Mahaica^[3].
• Georgetown is in the country of Guyana^[4].
• Georgetown is on the body of water Demerara River^[5].
• Georgetown is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean^[6].
• Georgetown's head of government is recorded as Q134729956^[7].
• Georgetown's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Georgetown's instance of is recorded as big city^[9].
• Georgetown's instance of is recorded as port city^[10].
• Georgetown's instance of is recorded as largest city^[11].
• Georgetown's official language is recorded as English^[12].
• George III of Great Britain is named after Georgetown^[13].
• Georgetown's twinned administrative body is recorded as Pyongyang^[14].
• Georgetown's twinned administrative body is recorded as St. Louis^[15].
• Georgetown's twinned administrative body is recorded as Fuzhou^[16].
• Georgetown's twinned administrative body is recorded as Port of Spain^[17].
• Georgetown's Commons category is recorded as Georgetown, Guyana^[18].
• Georgetown's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−04:00^[19].
• Georgetown's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−03:00^[20].
• 1781 marks the founding of Georgetown^[21].
• Georgetown's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 6.805833333333333, 'lon': -58.15083333333333}^[22].
• Georgetown's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Georgetown, Guyana^[23].
• Georgetown has a population of {'amount': '+118369'}^[24].
• Georgetown has a population of {'amount': '+200500'}^[25].
• Georgetown has a population of {'amount': '+134497'}^[26].
• Georgetown has a population of {'amount': '+151679'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Georgetown is in the country of Guyana^[4]. Georgetown is located in Demerara-Mahaica^[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Demerara River^[5], a river^[28], in Guyana^[29] and Atlantic Ocean^[6], an ocean^[30].

Physical Characteristics

Georgetown covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+147.6'}^[31]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+0'}^[32] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+3'}^[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+118369'}^[24], {'amount': '+200500'}^[25], {'amount': '+134497'}^[26], {'amount': '+151679'}^[27], and {'amount': '+235017'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[8], big city^[9], port city^[10], and largest city^[11].

History and Context

1781 marks the founding of Georgetown^[21]. George III of Great Britain is named after Georgetown^[13].

Why It Matters

Georgetown ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,629 views/month).^[2] Georgetown has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Georgetown is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]