Demerara
(dem-e-rä'rä), or DEM- ARARA (dem-a-rä'rä), a division of British Guiana, which derives its name from the river Demarara or Demerara.
It extends about 100 miles along the coast, lying on the E. of Essequibo, and on the W. of Berbice. The soil is very fertile, producing abundant crops of sugar, coffee, cotton, rice. Chief town, Georgetown. Pop. of province about 125,000. The river, after a course of about 120 miles, flows into the Atlantic.