Official Name: | Long Creek |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | Guyana |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Guyana |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Guyana |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Demerara-Mahaica |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 168 |
Timezone: | UTC-4 |
Coordinates: | 6.2688°N -58.2431°W |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Af |
Long Creek is a village located 24.5 km up the Soesdyke-Linden Highway in the Demerara-Mahaica region of Guyana. Long Creek is hidden out of sight at the end of a trail off the highway.
There is no electricity in the village except for private Diesel generators. The economy is based on subsistence farming, fishing and coal production.[2]
Long Creek has two churches and one primary school.[3] The Cottage Health Centre is the closest healthcare facility.