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Port Mourant is a village located〔()〕 in region six, East Berbice-Corentyne, in Guyana. This agriculturally sustained village is famous for producing one of the country's most influential political figures, Dr. Cheddi Jagan. Jagan and many of his contemporaries from Port Mourant who later excelled, were fortunate to attend the first and very successful secondary schools established in the village by the academic Pandit RN Persaud. This little village has produced a number of famous cricketers for example Rohan Kanhai, Basil Butcher, Joe Solomon, Alvin Kallicharran, Randolph Ramnarace, Ivan Madray and John Trim. In addition one of the world famous attorneys Sir Lionel Lockoo was born in Port Mourant. There are number of families who have migrated from Port Mourant to the United States and Canada. At latitude 6.2500 longitude -57.3333, Port Mourant stands on average about 3 ft (1 m) above sea level. To the west of its border is located Guyana's smallest town, Rose Hall, and to the east lies Bloomfield. To the north and south the village is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and sugar cane fields respectively. Census report figures from the Guyana Bureau of Statistics indicate that the settlement's population in 2002 was 7,570. ==Education institutions== *Tain Nursery *Port Mourant Nursery *Ankerville Nursery *Tain Primary School *Joseph Chamberlain Chandisingh Secondary School(formerly Corentyne High School Est.1938) *Port Mourant Primary School *Port Mourant Secondary School *Corentyne Comprehensive High School *Guyana Business School (Private)-Closed as of 2013 *GuySuCo Apprentice Training Centre *University Of Guyana - Tain Campus To bring tertiary education to rural areas in Guyana and extension of the University's Georgetown campus was erected in Tain, Berbice. This branch of the institution was opened to the public in November 2000. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Port Mourant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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