Stabroek, Guyana

Coordinates: 6°48′25″N 58°09′36″W / 6.8070406°N 58.1599689°W / 6.8070406; -58.1599689
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Stabroek
Ward
Stabroek is located in Guyana
Stabroek
Stabroek
Coordinates: 6°48′25″N 58°09′36″W / 6.8070406°N 58.1599689°W / 6.8070406; -58.1599689
CountryGuyana
CityGeorgetown
Established1782
Area
 • Total0.6 km2 (0.25 sq mi)

Stabroek was the old name of Georgetown, Guyana, between 1784 and 1812, and was the capital of Demerara. Stabroek is currently a ward in the centre of Georgetown.

History

In 1748, Governor

Nicholaas Geelvinck (1732 — 1787), Lord of Stabroek, the then President of the Dutch West India Company.[2]

Historical population
YearPop.
1789780[3]
18078,500[3]
2012251[4]

In 1789, the population was 780 people of which 239 were whites,[3] however the town rapidly started to grow and by 1807 had a population of around 8,500 people.[3] American traders started to build a wharf which became known as American Stelling, and little towns started to appear around the main settlement.[5]

The city's name changed again in 1812 when, under British rule, it became Georgetown.[3] A ward of the city, one fourth of a mile broad and one mile long, retains the name Stabroek.[6]

Brickdam, Stabroek's main street, was paved with bricks and made of burnt earth until 1921 when it was paved over for the arrival of the

Prince of Wales.[6] The upper side of Brickdam was once lined with palm trees.[6]

The old name of the city is still reflected in Georgetown's main market, Stabroek Market, which has existed on or near its present location since the 18th century,[7] and the newspaper Stabroek News, established in 1986.[8] The Parliament Building is located in Stabroek on the same spot where the Court of Policy used to be.[6]

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References

  1. ^ "Establishment of Demerara". Guyana Times International. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  2. ISBN 0415863295. Archived from the original
    on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
  3. ^ a b c d e Netscher 1888, p. 301.
  4. ^ "2012 Population by Village". Statistics Guyana. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  5. ^ "36. GROWTH OF GEORGETOWN". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d "The development of Stabroek". National Trust of Guyana. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  7. ^ Lloyd Kandasammy, Celebrating Guyana's built heritage: Stabroek Market, a brief history in Stabroek News, April 14, 2005
  8. ^ Andrew Graham-Yooll, The newspaper Stabroek News, Round Table, Oct 94 Issue 332, p447

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