Cornelia Ida

Article summary

Cornelia Ida, is a village on Guyana’s Atlantic coast, in Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, approximately northwest of Georgetown, Guyana, and about southeast of the mouth of the Essequibo river, Guyana’s largest river. Cornelia Ida is situated in Guyana's Administrative Region 3. In 2012 Cornelia Ida had a population of about 3,161 people in 920 households, according to Guyana's 2012 census. Cornelia Ida is next to the villages of Anna Catherina, Edinburg, Leonora, Fellowship, Den Amstel, Stewartville, Hague, Groenveldt, Blankenburg, and La Jalousie, which are all within a distance of about . According to Guyana's 2012 census, at least 15,414 people lived in Cornelia Ida and the above villages, which are within a distance of about from Cornelia Ida’s centre . Most of Guyana's people live along the Atlantic coast, and Cornelia Ida is part of a line of towns that stretches along the Atlantic coast, from Georgetown to the northwest and southeast.

Key claims

1. date of establishment: 1616 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of foundation: 1903 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. population: 3,161 people — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1616". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of foundation is "1903". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the population is "3,161 people". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
6. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374299593