Demerara

E154268

British colony colonial region colony former colony historical region region river town type of sugar

Demerara was a former Dutch and later British colony on the northern coast of South America, in the area that is now part of Guyana.

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All labels observed (3)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colony ⓘ colonial region ⓘ colony ⓘ former colony ⓘ historical region ⓘ region ⓘ river ⓘ town ⓘ type of sugar ⓘ
capital	Stabroek ⓘ
colonialEconomyBasedOn	export agriculture ⓘ sugar plantations ⓘ
colonialPower	Dutch Republic ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
currencyUsed	guilders ⓘ Pound sterling ⓘ surface form: pounds sterling
formerCountry	Dutch colonial empire ⓘ surface form: Dutch Empire Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
hasBorder	Berbice River ⓘ Essequibo ⓘ surface form: Essequibo River
knownFor	Demerara sugar ⓘ
languageUsed	Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ
laterPartOf	British Guiana ⓘ
locatedIn	Demerara self-linksurface differs ⓘ British Guiana ⓘ surface form: Guyana northern coast of South America ⓘ present-day Guyana ⓘ
mergedInto	Essequibo ⓘ surface form: Demerara-Essequibo
mergedWith	Essequibo ⓘ
namedAfter	Demerara self-linksurface differs ⓘ Demerara River ⓘ
partOf	British Guiana ⓘ Suriname ⓘ surface form: Dutch Guiana Guianas ⓘ British Guiana ⓘ surface form: Guyana
primaryEconomicActivity	plantation agriculture ⓘ sugar cultivation ⓘ
religionPresent	Protestantism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
successorOf	Essequibo ⓘ surface form: Demerara-Essequibo
successorTerritory	British Guiana ⓘ surface form: Guyana
usedLaborSystem	African slave labor ⓘ indentured labor ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Guiana → colonialPredecessor → Demerara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berbice

British Guiana → formedByUnionOf → Demerara ⓘ

Caribbean colonies of the Dutch West India Company → hasPart → Demerara ⓘ

Demerara → locatedIn → Demerara self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Stabroek

Demerara → namedAfter → Demerara self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Demerara sugar

Essequibo → mergedWith → Demerara ⓘ

Essequibo → borderedBy → Demerara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Demerara region

Berbice → borderedByHistoricalEntity → Demerara ⓘ

Demerara River → hasNameOrigin → Demerara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Demerara region

John Gladstone → businessRegion → Demerara ⓘ

Pomeroon → neighboringRegion → Demerara ⓘ

William J. Locke → birthPlace → Demerara ⓘ

Guyanese Creole → hasRegion → Demerara ⓘ