Fort Wellington is a village located in the
Mahaica-Berbice region of
Guyana
Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic British West Indies. entry "Guyana" Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the co ...
, serving as its regional capital.
It is located on the west coast of
Berbice
Berbice () is a region along the Berbice River in Guyana, which was between 1627 and 1792 a colony of the Dutch West India Company and between 1792 and 1815 a colony of the Dutch state. After having been ceded to the United Kingdom of Great Brita ...
and about 54 miles from
Georgetown. Public services include Fort Wellington Hospital, a primary school, a secondary School, a police station, magistrate's court, National Insurance Scheme office, Guyana Elections Commission Office and a post office.
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
The University of Guyana, in Georgetown, Guyana, is Guyana's national and most prestigious higher education institution. It was established in April 1963 with the following Mission: "To discover, generate, disseminate, and apply knowledge of th ...
was performed in conjunction with Canadian agricultural organization
The town has few supermarkets and grocery stores so villagers travel to Bushlot some distance away for supplies.
History
The village was given the name for the fort that was in the site of the previous police station. It was given by the surveyor, T.R. Earl who demarcated it between Onderneeming Village to the west and Naarstigheid, an unpopulated area which was once a Dutch plantation, to the east. The town was built on the plantation
Catherinas Lust.
The St Michael's Anglican Church was established in 1830 by English planters who lived at the Bath Estate, and when construction was completed in 1842, it was the only Anglican Church in West Berbice.
References
Populated places in Mahaica-Berbice
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