Goed Bananen Land can be found between Adelphi and Betsy Ground in East Canje Berbice. Along the main road, there are several small stalls located directly opposite residents’ houses, selling pastries and sweetmeats among other things.
Residents told the World Beyond Georgetown that the village was established on “Dutch land,” which in the ancient days was actually a cemetery.
They said the village has a population of over 500, however, over the last two years villagers began gradually migrating to foreign countries.
The village which has two places of worship, a Mandir and a Kali temple, also is home to the Canefield-Enterprise Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) office. Also located in the bottom flat of the NDC building is a health centre.
Several residents joked about the “village having alot of bananas” because of its name Goed Bananen Land, which is actually Dutch for ‘Good bananas’.
