Met-en-Meerzorg

Met-en-Meerzorg (also Meten-Meer-Zorg) is a village located on the West Coast of Demerara in the region of Essequibo Islands-West Demerara in Guyana. The village was named after the sugar plantation Met en Meerzorg.^[2]

Met-en-Meerzorg Meten-Meer-Zorg
village
Met-en-Meerzorg Location in Guyana
Coordinates: 6°52′38″N 58°19′27″W
Country	Guyana
Region	Essequibo Islands-West Demerara
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	3,910
Time zone	UTC-4
Climate	Af

The community was founded in 1871. The village consists of a housing estate and a squatted village.^[3] The informal settlement was composed of fourroom houses constructed with walls made from zinc or wood. In 1997, there was no running water and there had been electricity since 1994.^[4] As of 2015, a large scale housing project was started in the village.^[5] The village has a health centre, a primary school, and a professional learning college.^[3] Met-en-Meerzorg is home to the Guyana Heritage Museum which was founded in 1994.^[3]