Fort Wellington, Guyana

Fort Wellington
village and regional capital
Fort Wellington is located in Guyana
Fort Wellington
Fort Wellington
Coordinates: 6°24′0″N 57°37′0″W / 6.40000°N 57.61667°W / 6.40000; -57.61667
Country Guyana
RegionMahaica-Berbice
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total118
Time zoneUTC-4

Fort Wellington is a village located in the Mahaica-Berbice region of Guyana, serving as its regional capital.

It is located on the west coast of Berbice and about 54 miles from Georgetown. Public services include Fort Wellington Hospital, a primary school, a secondary School,[2] a police station, magistrate's court, National Insurance Scheme office, Guyana Elections Commission Office and a post office.[3]

Government administration and agriculture is a major economic activities of the town. In 2017, a feasibility study for growing onions in Guyana by two students of University of Guyana was performed in conjunction with Canadian agricultural organization [4]

The town has few supermarkets and grocery stores so villagers travel to Bushlot some distance away for supplies.[3]

  1. ^ "2012 Population by Village". Statistics Guyana. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  2. ^ Chabrol, Denis (2016-04-27). "Guyanese athletes to participate in US' Penn Relay despite no govt support". Demerara Waves Online News- Guyana. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  3. ^ a b "Fort Wellington: A Village Of Productivity And Promising Economic Potential". Guyana Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  4. ^ "West Berbice onion production very encouraging". Department of Public Information. 2018-06-04. Retrieved 2021-01-05.

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