Cheddi Jagan Bio Diversity Park is a park in Lima Sands
Pomeroon-Supenaam
Pomeroon-Supenaam (Region 2) is a region of Guyana. Venezuela claims the territory as part of Guayana Esequiba.
It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the region of Essequibo Islands-West Demerara to the east, the region of Cuyuni-Mazaruni ...
,
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 ...
. It was opened in 2002 in memory of former president
Cheddi Jagan
Cheddi Berret Jagan (22 March 1918 – 6 March 1997) was a Guyanese politician and dentist who was first elected Chief Minister in 1953 and later Premier of British Guiana from 1961 to 1964. He later served as President of Guyana from 199 ...
.
Isahak Basir
Isahak Basir CCH (sometimes Bashir, 18 September 19351 February 2019) was a Guyanese historian who was a member of the National Assembly of Guyana from 1977 to 1991. Basir was nicknamed "Uncle Tabrak" and was of Indian descent.
Life
Basir ...
came up with the idea for the park, and its location at
Lima Sands
Lima Sands is a village in the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region of Guyana. It is located to the west of Anna Regina. The Cheddi Jagan Bio Diversity Park is in Lima Sands.
History
The plantations in the area were depended on the Anna Regina estate for ...
village west of
Anna Regina
Anna Regina is the capital of the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region of Guyana. Anna Regina stands on the Atlantic coast, northwest of the mouth of the Essequibo River, 19 km north of Adventure, and was established as a town in 1970. Its population w ...
, was chosen in September 2001. It officially opened on March 23, 2002 by Minister
Clement Rohee
Clement James Rohee (born 16 March 1950) is a Guyanese politician who has been General Secretary of the People's Progressive Party (PPP) since 2013. Under the PPP government, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 2001, Minister ...
.
The park contains a variety of plants and subordinating savannahs, and can be accessed by road parallel to the Tapacooma Main Canals.
Lima Sands Cemetery is also located at the park.
See also
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History of Guyana
The history of Guyana begins about 35,000 years ago with the arrival of humans coming from Eurasia. These migrants became the Carib and Arawak tribes, who met Alonso de Ojeda's first expedition from Spain in 1499 at the Essequibo River. In the en ...
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Guyana Botanical Gardens
Guyana Botanical Gardens is a tropical botanical garden in Georgetown, Guyana.
It is next to the Guyana Zoo and Castellani House.
Description
It includes the Seven Ponds (the Place of Heroes), which is the burial sites of
* Governor Gene ...
References
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Parks in Guyana
Protected areas established in 2001