Skeldon, Guyana
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Skeldon is a small town
in eastern coastal Guyana
, near the border with Suriname
. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 4,380.
, Guyana's main sugar processing company has a factory and works at Skeldon.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in eastern coastal Guyana
Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
, near the border with Suriname
Suriname
Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...
. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 4,380.
Economy
Sugar production forms the backbone to the local economy. The Guyana Sugar CorporationGuyana Sugar Corporation
The Guyana Sugar Corporation, best known by its acronym GuySuCo, is a Guyanese sugar company owned by the government. It is the country's largest cultivator and producer of sugar, a commodity which is responsible for approximately 20% of Guyana's annual revenue and 40% of all agricultural production...
, Guyana's main sugar processing company has a factory and works at Skeldon.