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PICTURES! WE NEED SOME PICTURES HERE! ALL WHO ARE CAPABLE, PLEASE PUT IN SOME PICTURES! Look, an article like this should have some pictures! Can't we do better than this? Scorpionman 16:24, 31 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Google Maps / Google Earth & Georgetown

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Google recently updated the satellite imagery for Georgetown, Guyana. Georgetown is no longer hiding behind a massive cloud!! To see the images, use the coordinate link on the Georgetown, Guyana article. Nick Taylor 13:14, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting cleanup

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"Economy

Georgetown is Guyana's largest city and it contains a good portion of the major businesses. It is an important city for Guyana and the Caribbean. Within the metro area there is the CARICOM headquarters which is the centre of the Caribbean government. Georgetown also is home to a seaport that is rapidly expanding. The city is seeing a major boom in construction and very strong economic growth. Georgetown's airport, Cheddi Jagan International Airport is a hub for BWIA or locally known as ""bwee""."

- this is a typical example of what I have a problem with. 1. Georgetown is Guyana's only city. 2. "a good portion" is too colloquial 3. "very strong economic growth" - explain please 4. CJI Airport is in Timehri not Georgetown 5. CJI is not a BWIA hub, Piarco is. 6. BWIA's nickname should not be on the Georgetown page. --Blakdogg 13:28, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Demerara River high span bridge

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The following was recently added to the "Construction Boom" subsection - "A new high span bridge across the Demerara River". This statement is news to me and needs a reference if accurate. Nick Taylor 21:24, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Updating this article

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During my studies at Delft University of Technology I have been working on an all encompassing document on Georgetown. Since all text is my own work, I am willing to publish some if most of it on the Georgetown article. This means that I will change this article profoundly by changing, replacing, adding text, photos and maps. Before I start changing prevous contributors' work, I'd like to get in contact with those most active on this subject.--Bjornvanraaij 09:26, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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King George III or IV?

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The following suggested that it was named after King George IV not III:[1] Shawnc (talk) 07:45, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

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The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: not moved. DrKiernan (talk) 09:29, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]



Georgetown, GuyanaGeorgetown

This is the capital city of an independent country; none of the other entries at Georgetown can match. Some of the entries would not be at "Georgetown" even if they were the only entities with those names (e.g. Georgetown University), some are US communities that include their state names per WP:USPLACE, and none of the remainders have any more distinction than being capitals of subnational entities or dependencies. If the only national capital with this name were a town of 450 people, it would be different, but a city with a quarter of a million people that's a national capital should be the primary topic for its name. Nyttend (talk) 19:04, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.
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Citation for Museum of African Heritage being in the city

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https://www.karib.no/articles/10.16993/karib.39/

©Geni (talk) 20:36, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Suburbs

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There does not seem to be any definition of the suburbs of Guyana, therefore the section on suburbs has been moved here.

  • Republic Park
  • Nandy Park
  • Providence
  • Felicity
  • Bel Air
  • Vreed en Hoop
  • Queenstown
  • Alberttown
  • Subryanville
  • Lamaha Gardens

Please do not reinsert without a reliable reference to what constitutes as a suburb. KittenKlub (talk) 14:17, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]