Beterverwagting, also Betterverwagting or abbreviated to B.V., is a village in Guyana, on the East Coast of the Demerara River.
Beterverwagting | |
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village | |
  Beterverwagting Location in Guyana | |
| Coordinates: 6°48′N 58°04′W / 6.800°N 58.067°W | |
| Country |  Guyana |
| Region | Demerara-Mahaica |
| Population (2012)[1] | |
• Total | 2,163 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 |
| Climate | Af |
History
editOn 8 May 1840, 62 former slaves pooled their savings together and bought plantation Beterverwagting from Baron van Groningen.[2] In 1842, Triumph was established to the east,[2] Triumph and Beterverwagting have grown together, and are often referred to as Beterverwagting/Triumph.[2][3] Both villages are under the same local government.[4]
Beterverwagting is located roughly 10 miles from the capital, Georgetown, and is an important feeder village for the sugar estate in La Bonne Intention, a village adjacent to it.[5] The name Beterverwagting comes from the Dutch words "Beter verwachting", literally "better expectation".
Notable people
edit- Cy Grant (1919–2010), actor and singer[6]
- Balram Singh Rai (1921-2022), politician[7]
References
edit- ^ "2012 Population by Village". Statistics Guyana. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ a b c "Triumph Village: a bustle of festive frolicking, as residents glow despite minor challenges". Guyana Chronicle. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ "President David Granger attending the Cultural Evening held by the Beterverwagting/Triumph 8th of May Movement to observe the 180th anniversary of the abolition of slavery". Department of Public Information. August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ "Beterverwagting : A village on the move". Guyana Chronicle. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ "Map of Beterverwagting - World Atlas - MSN Encarta". Archived from the original on 13 April 2009. Retrieved 14 November 2007.
- ^ "Cy Grant". London Remembers. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ "Balram Singh Rai remains the only Guyanese minister who was denied a parliamentary pension". Stabroek News. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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