Stabroek, Guyana

Stabroek
Ward
Stabroek
Coordinates: 6°48′25″N58°09′36″W / 6.8070406°N 58.1599689°W / 6.8070406; -58.1599689
Country	Guyana
City	Georgetown
Established	1782
Area
• Total	0.65 km2 (0.25 sq mi)

Stabroek is a ward in the centre of Georgetown, Guyana, having previously been the old name of the wider city itself, between 1784 and 1812.

History

Historical population

Year	Pop.
1789	780 [1]
1807	8,500 [1]
2012	251 [2]

The ward’s name, as the old name of the city, is reflected in Georgetown's main market, Stabroek Market, which has existed on or near its present location since the 18th century, ^[3] and the newspaper Stabroek News , established in 1986. ^[4] The Parliament Building is located in Stabroek on the same spot where the Court of Policy used to be. ^[5]

Gallery

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  Stabroek Market
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  Parliament Building
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  Immaculate Conception Cathedral
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  Supreme Court
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  Stabroek in 1888

References

1. Netscher 1888, p. 301.
2. "2012 Population by Village". Statistics Guyana. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
3. Lloyd Kandasammy, Celebrating Guyana's built heritage: Stabroek Market, a brief history in Stabroek News, April 14, 2005
4. Andrew Graham-Yooll, The newspaper Stabroek News, Round Table, Oct 94 Issue 332, p447
5. "The development of Stabroek". National Trust of Guyana . Retrieved 11 August 2020.

Bibliography

• Netscher, Pieter Marinus (1888). Geschiedenis van de koloniën Essequebo, Demerary en Berbice, van de vestiging der Nederlanders aldaar tot op onzen tijd (in Dutch). The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff.

External links

• Aerial view
• The Growth of Georgetown