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]
- Inception: 1781[18]
- Official website: http://www.stgeorges.org.gy/[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Georgetown, Guyana[20]
- Population: 118,369[21], 200,500[22], 134,497[23], 151,679[24], 235,017[25]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[27], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[28], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[29], The New Student's Reference Work[30]
- Capital of: Guyana[31], British Guiana[32], Demerara[33]
- Official name: Georgetown[34]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Georgetown, Guyana[35]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Georgetown[36]
- Native label: Georgetown[37]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Georgetown, Guyana[38]
- Different from: Georgetown[39]
- Elevation above sea level: 0 m[40], 3 m[41]
- Area: 147.6 km²[42]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[43]
Why It Matters
Georgetown has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] Georgetown is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]