Victoria, Guyana

Victoria
village
Victoria
Location in Guyana
Coordinates: 6°45′04″N 57°57′58″W / 6.7510°N 57.9661°W / 6.7510; -57.9661
Country Guyana
RegionDemerara-Mahaica
Population
 (2012)
  Total
2,912
Time zoneUTC-4
ClimateAf

Victoria is located on the Atlantic coast of Guyana, 29 kilometres (18 mi) east of Georgetown and bordered by Cove and John to the west and Belfield to the east. It was the first village in Guyana to be bought by the combined resources of Africans who had recently won their freedom from slavery. The village is often also claimed to be the first African village that was bought by freed slaves from the trans-Atlantic slave trade.