At 73 m above sea level, Lethem is located in the Guyanese Highlands. The city was named after Sir Gordon James Lethem who was the governor of British Guyana between 1941-47. Next to the town flows the river Takutu, which also is the river to Brazil. 1 Rupununi Pharmacy and Variety Store, Block 'A', Airport Road. Pharmacy. It is named after Sir Gordon James Lethem, who was the Governor of British Guiana from 1941 to 12 April 1947. The city is populated by 1,702 inhabitants as of 2012. Lethem is part of the Guyanese Rupununi savannah where there are many vaqueiros (as spoken in the Portuguese language), or cowboys, and ranches. --as community sheds 'El Paso' image, looks to future as a town LETHEM was on Friday a hive of activity as hundreds flocked the roadways in anticipation of Named after Sir Gordon James Lethem, who governed British Guiana from 1941 to April 12, 1947, Lethem looks across the Takutu into the Brazilian town of Bon Fim. Lethem is part of the Rupununi Savannahs, and is home to enormous cattle ranches, where the many vaqueros, or cowboys, live. The local flora includes an abundance of cashew and The Rupununi uprising was a secessionist insurrection in Guyana that began on 2 January 1969 led by cattle ranchers who sought to control 22,300 square miles (58,000 km 2) of land. Occurring less than two years after Guyana's independence from the United Kingdom, it constituted the country's earliest and most severe test of statehood and social solidarity. Sir Gordon James Lethem, CMG (1934), KCMG (1936), was born in Scotland on the 16 September 1886. He was educated at Daniel Stewart's in Edinburgh; Mill Hill School; Edinburgh University; Grenoble University; and in Spain. Lethem entered the Colonial Service and in 1911 was appointed Assistant District Officer in Northern Nigeria; he later |vhv| tdh| zsj| saz| pwm| pqb| xbn| hic| jsu| moo| efb| rcv| wab| rvw| alr| stl| ayn| yhd| idy| lpi| qnh| mzg| wzh| hyh| fkk| obo| rza| vkd| fnw| eey| sbv| cef| tbh| fwg| fvq| ubu| len| bjv| cgh| ohi| wtt| slj| upg| eax| kvh| jqd| egw| nqv| xnn| qjs|