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and granted municipal government for the first time, as part of the Den Amstel/Fellowship Village District. Fellowship was historically the more important of the two villages, with Den Amstel being described as "a very under-developed settlement with a few scattered houses and dense bushes and
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in the Netherlands. The plantation was abandoned midway through the 19th century, owing to repeated flooding, and subsequently purchased by a syndicate of 125 ex-slaves, who gained ownership in 1854. In 1892, Den Amstel was united with the neighbouring village of
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article reported that cricket had declined in popularity, in favour of football. The Den Amstel Football Club is a member of the West Demerara Football Association, and qualified for the
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The Den Amstel Cricket Club is a member of the West Demerara Cricket Association, which is in turn affiliated with the Demerara Cricket Board, one of the three constituent members of the
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Den Amstel is situated on the site of a coffee plantation of the same name, which was established by a Dutchman, John Craig, and named after the river
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region. It lies on the Atlantic coast, approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) west-north-west of the capital,
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foliage". Until the closure of the line in 1974, the village had a platform on the
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in the 2000s, was born in the village. However, a 2014
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Populated places in Essequibo Islands-West Demerara
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Den Amstel is located in Guyana
6°51′N 58°15′W / 6.850°N 58.250°W / 6.850; -58.250

Guyana
Region
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara
Time zone
UTC-4
Climate
Af
Guyana
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara
Georgetown
Afro-Guyanese
Amstel
Fellowship
Demerara–Essequibo Railway
Vreed-en-Hoop
Parika
Guyana Cricket Board
Rayon Griffith
Guyanese national team
Guyana Chronicle
GFF Elite League


"2012 Population by Village"


"The World Beyond Georgetown: Den Amstel"

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