Belfield is a village in the
Demerara-Mahaica Region of
Guyana
Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...
, standing on the
Atlantic
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coast, three kilometres west of
Enmore.
The first section of the
Demerara-Berbice Railway
The Railways of Guyana comprised two public railways, the Demerara-Berbice Railway and the Demerara-Essequibo Railway. There are also several industrial railways mainly for the bauxite industry. The Demerara-Berbice Railway is the oldest in South A ...
, from
Georgetown to
Plaisance, was opened on 3 November 1848. The extension to Belfield was completed in 1854.
Belfield was once home to the Belfield Girls' School, a school for delinquent girls, founded in 1949.
References
Populated places in Demerara-Mahaica
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