Belfield, Guyana

Belfield
village
Belfield Location in Guyana
Coordinates: 6°44′N57°58′W / 6.733°N 57.967°W / 6.733; -57.967
Country	Guyana
Region	Demerara-Mahaica
Population  (2012) [1]
• Total	630
Time zone	UTC-4
Climate	Af

Belfield is a village in the Demerara-Mahaica Region of Guyana, standing on the Atlantic coast, three kilometres west of Enmore. An extension of the Demerara-Berbice Railway connecting to Belfield was built in 1854. ^[2]

Belfield was once home to the Belfield Girls' School, a school for delinquent girls, founded in 1949. ^[3]

References

1. "2012 Population by Village". Statistics Guyana. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
2. "The Demerara-Mahaica Railway – The First Railway in the South American Continent". Things Guyana. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
3. "The very impressive Belfield Village was spawned from sprawling pastures". Guyana Chronicle. Retrieved 16 August 2020.