Paradise,_Guyana

Paradise, Guyana

Paradise, Guyana

Place in Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Paradise is a village located in the Demerara-Mahaica region of Guyana, and used to be its regional capital, however the administrative building burnt down in 2006, and the regional capital moved to Triumph.[2][3] (Paradise is also the name of several other smaller villages in Guyana; one in Region 5, Region 10, and two in Region 2.)[4]

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Paradise has a primary school.[5]

The village also had a team[6] in the 592 Inter-Village Football Festival, a local event started in 2019 to encourage football in the East Coast Demerara area.[7] The Paradise Invaders team plays in the Berbice Football Association (BFA) ‘West Berbice League.[8][9]

References

  1. [1]
    "2012 Population by Village". Statistics Guyana. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Region Four RDC office moves to Triumph". Stabroek News. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Regional Democratic Council Region No. 4 - Demerara/Mahaica, Guyana". Regional Democratic Council Region No. 4via Facebook. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Publications – Bureau of Statistics – Guyana". Retrieved 2020-12-24.
  5. [5]
    "Eight primary schools to get computer laboratories". www.education.gov.gy. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
  6. [6]
    "Paradise, Friendship into semi-finals". Stabroek News. 2019-12-27. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
  7. [7]
    "Friendship crowned the inaugural 592 Inter-Village Football Champion". Kaieteur News. 2020-01-04. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
  8. [8]
    "Paradise Invaders stay unbeaten with 3-0 defeat of Hopetown United". Stabroek News. 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
  9. [9]
    "Wilson brothers spur Paradise Invaders to victory". Stabroek News. 2013-10-09. Retrieved 2020-12-24.


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