Parika is a port village in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region of Guyana, at the terminus of the main road from Georgetown, with a population of 4,385 at the 2012 census. It is a transportation hub with ferry services to Bartica, Leguan Island, Wakenaam and Supenaam, and hosts a market drawing more than seven hundred merchants that is especially busy on Sundays. A two lane dual carriageway upgrade from the Demerara Harbour Bridge to Parika began in 2020. The village also has a police station, a post office, hotels and restaurants.
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1. GeoNames: Parika
GeoNames geonameid 3376520 (Parika), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source 2. Parika (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 6.866667, longitude -58.416667
3. GeoNames: Parika - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3376520
6.83712 -58.42941 P PPL GY 14 4081 10 America/Guyana
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 10 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 6.75, -58.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 6.75, -58.25
6.75 -58.25 Af
Wikidata: Parika
Wikidata Q268247, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Parika (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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