New Amsterdam Berbice "Guyana"

The Town of New Amsterdam is located on the Eastern Coast of Guyana, which over looks the Atlantic Ocean. New Amsterdam developed as a settlement, for the Dutch besides Nassau located 55 miles up the Berbice River and Canje River. Around 1784 the Dutch relocated the town. The name New Amsterdam is colonial related, it originated from the Providence Amsterdam in Holland. New Amsterdam was established between 1785-1790 with the government for Berbice, at that time the town was little more than a forest settlement with little house, no roads and no drains. Since then New Amsterdam quickly started to develop, because of its fertile soils which are very great for the cultivations. Some of Guyana mains exports which are sugar and rice are grown vastly throughout the Berbice region as well as cattle raring.