Belfield, Guyana

Belfield
village
Belfield
Location in Guyana
Coordinates: 6°44′N 57°58′W / 6.733°N 57.967°W / 6.733; -57.967
Country Guyana
RegionDemerara-Mahaica
Population
 (2012)
 • Total
630
Time zoneUTC-4
ClimateAf

Belfield is a village in the Demerara-Mahaica Region of Guyana, standing on the Atlantic coast, three kilometres west of Enmore.

The first section of the Demerara-Berbice Railway, from Georgetown to Plaisance, was opened on 3 November 1848. The extension to Belfield was completed in 1854.

Belfield was once home to the Belfield Girls' School, a school for delinquent girls, founded in 1949.

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