Crabwood Creek is a small community on the Corentyne River in the East Berbice–Corentyne region of Guyana. The population of 4,459 people as of 2012[2] and primarily Indo-Guyanese.[3]
Crabwood Creek | |
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town | |
  Crabwood Creek Location in Guyana | |
| Coordinates: 05°51′N 57°09′W / 5.850°N 57.150°W | |
| Country |  Guyana |
| Region | East Berbice–Corentyne |
| Government | |
| • Type | Neighborhood Democratic Council |
| • Chairman | Tero Arjune[1] |
| Population (2012)[2] | |
| • Total | 4,459 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 |
| Climate | Af |
Economy
editCrabwood Creek is predominantly agricultural, producing large-scale rice, cane, cash-crop and provisions.[3] It is located approximately two miles from the larger town of Corriverton, home to the Guyana Sugar Corporation's Skeldon Estate which provided jobs to a majority of the surrounding communities before its closure.[4] With assistance from the World Bank, Skeldon Estate was upgraded with a co-generation plant, meant to provide stable electricity to the residents of the surrounding communities, including Crabwood Creek.[5] However, the operation has inefficiencies due to poor design.[6]
Crabwood Creek has about 10 sawmills, general stores, supermarkets, mechanical workshops, a hardware store, a grocery, restaurants and a paddy drying floor for the use of rice production.[3]
The village is in close proximity to Moleson Creek, the location of the Guyana-Suriname Ferry Stelling, so there is frequent trade between Crabwood Creek and Suriname.[3]
Services
editCrabwood Creek is the home to one primary school while the secondary schools are in adjacent towns such as Corriverton. There is also a mosque, three mandirs and the four churches in the village.[7]
Crabwood Creek has one government funded Health Centre. The health centre is staffed by a clinic attendant, one mid-wife, three community health workers, and a weekly visit of a medex as of 2020. Patients are referred to nearby Skeldon Hospital for pharmacy and additional care.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "NDC chairman insists protestors had old grievances". 9 December 2020.
- ^ a b "2012 Population by Village". Statistics Guyana. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Crabwood Creek". Stabroek News. 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
- ^ "Crabwood Creek Village A budding business hub and agricultural community". Guyana Chronicle. 2020-08-16. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
- ^ "New Skeldon sugar factory fully operational". Guyana Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
- ^ "Skeldon co-gen plant needs US$17M fix". Stabroek News. 2017-06-10. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
- ^ Rauf, Mohammad Abdur (1969). "CRABWOOD CREEK: A STUDY OF CULTURAL CONTINUITY AND ETHNIC IDENTITY ON DIFFERENT GENERATIONAL LEVELS AMONG EAST INDIANS IN GUYANA". The Ohio State University. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
- ^ "Beyond the call of duty | Community Health Worker cares about the people". Guyana Chronicle. 2020-08-16. Retrieved 2021-01-04.