Fort Zeelandia (Guyana)

Fort Zeelandia
Fort Zeelandia
Part of Essequibo
	Map of Fort Zeelandia on the Flag Island
	Fort Zeelandia
Coordinates	6°47′00″N 58°31′00″W / 6.783333°N 58.516667°W
Site history
Built	1726
Garrison information
Occupants	Dutch Republic (1726-1795); Batavian Republic/Commonwealth (1795-1806); Kingdom of Holland (1806-1810); First French Empire (1810-1813); Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands (1813-1815)

Fort Zeelandia is located on Fort Island, a fluvial island of the Essequibo River delta in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region of Guyana. Not to be confused with Fort Zeelandia in Paramaribo, Suriname, the current brick fort was built in 1743 for the Essequibo colony, replacing an earlier wooden fort built in 1726, and is among the oldest structures in Guyana.^[1] The fort replaced Fort Kyk-Over-Al as the capital of Essequibo in 1739.^[2]