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Fort Wellington | |
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village and regional capital | |
  Fort Wellington | |
| Coordinates: 6°24′0″N 57°37′0″W / 6.40000°N 57.61667°W | |
| Country |  Guyana |
| Region | Mahaica-Berbice |
| Population (2012)[1] | |
• Total | 118 |
| Time zone | UTC-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]
- ^ "2012 Population by Village". Statistics Guyana. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Fort Wellington: A Village Of Productivity And Promising Economic Potential". Guyana Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
- ^ "West Berbice onion production very encouraging". Department of Public Information. 2018-06-04. Retrieved 2021-01-05.