Met-en-Meerzorg explained

Official Name:Met-en-Meerzorg
Other Name:Meten-Meer-Zorg
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:Essequibo Islands-West Demerara
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2012
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:3,910
Timezone:UTC-4
Coordinates:6.8772°N -58.3242°W
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Af

Met-en-Meerzorg (also Meten-Meer-Zorg) is a village located on the West Coast of Demerara in the region of Essequibo Islands-West Demerara in Guyana. The village was named after the sugar plantation Met en Meerzorg.[2]

The community was founded in 1871. The village consists of a housing estate and a squatted village.[3] The informal settlement was composed of fourroom houses constructed with walls made from zinc or wood. In 1997, there was no running water and there had been electricity since 1994.[4] As of 2015, a large scale housing project was started in the village.[5] The village has a health centre, a primary school, and a professional learning college.[3] Met-en-Meerzorg is home to the Guyana Heritage Museum which was founded in 1994.[3]

References

  1. Web site: 2012 Population by Village. Statistics Guyana. 16 August 2020.
  2. Web site: Emancipation Compensation and Slave Owners. Guyana Times International. 16 August 2020.
  3. Web site: Meten-Meer-Zorg. Stabroek News. 25 December 2011 . 23 August 2020.
  4. Book: Potter . Robert B. . Conway . Dennis . Peake . Linda . Self-help Housing, the Poor, and the State in the Caribbean . University of Tennessee Press . 978-0-87049-963-0 . 129 . 1997 . en . Declines and Revivals in Housing Policy in Guyana.
  5. News: House lots to be developed at Meten-Meer-Zorg, Vigilance, Mon Repos. Guyana Chronicle. 23 August 2020.