Regions of Guyana

Map of Guyana showing the Regions and the region numbers.Map of Guyana showing the different regions with names
Regions of Guyana by number and name

Guyana is divided into 10 regions:[1][2]

No. Region Area
(km2)		 Pop.
(2012)		 Pop.
per km2		 Capital
1 Barima-Waini 20,339 26,941 1.3 Mabaruma
2 Pomeroon-Supenaam 6,195 46,810 7.6 Anna Regina
3 Essequibo Islands-West Demerara 3,755 107,416 28.6 Vreed en Hoop
4 Demerara-Mahaica 2,232 313,429 140.4 Triumph[3][4]
5 Mahaica-Berbice 4,190 49,723 11.9 Fort Wellington
6 East Berbice-Corentyne 36,234 109,431 3.0 New Amsterdam
7 Cuyuni-Mazaruni 47,213 20,280 0.4 Bartica
8 Potaro-Siparuni 20,051 10,190 0.5 Mahdia
9 Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo 57,750 24,212 0.4 Lethem
10 Upper Demerara-Berbice 17,040 39,452 2.3 Linden
  Guyana 214,999 747,884 3.5 Georgetown

Each Region is administered by a Regional Democratic Council (RDC) which is headed by a Chairman. The Regions are divided into neighbourhood councils, known as Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs).[5]

The current regional structure was established by the Local Democratic Organs Act in 1980. The hyphenated names indicate the name of the rivers that define their border.[6]

Historical divisions

Previous regional names:[7][8]

Regions of Guyana (1971)

  • East Berbice-Corentyne
  • East Demerara-West Coast Berbice
  • Mazaruni Potaro
  • North West
  • Rupununi
  • West Demerara-Essequibo Coast

Regions of British Guiana (1958)

  • East Berbice
  • Essequibo
  • Essequibo Islands
  • North west (hinterlands)
  • Mazaruni-Potaro (hinterlands)
  • Rupununi (hinterlands)

Colonial counties (before 1958)

See also

References

  1. ^ Bureau of Statistics - Guyana Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, CHAPTER III: POPULATION REDISTRIBUTION AND INTERNAL MIGRATION, Table 3.4: Population Density, Guyana: 1980 - 2002
  2. ^ Guyana - Government Information Agency Archived 2007-08-14 at the Wayback Machine, National Profile
  3. ^ "Region Four RDC office moves to Triumph". Stabroek News. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Regional Democratic Council Region No. 4 - Demerara/Mahaica, Guyana". Regional Democratic Council Region No. 4via Facebook. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  5. ^ Government of Guyana, Statistics
  6. ^ "THE LOCAL DEMOCRATIC ORGANS ACT 1980" (PDF). parliament.gov.g. 7 October 1980. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
  7. ^ "Internal Administrative Divisions of British Guiana" (PDF). Cia.gov. 29 August 1958. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 22, 2017. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
  8. ^ "ADMIN REGIONS DETAILED – GUYANA LANDS AND SURVEYS COMMISSION'S FACT PAGE ON GUYANA". Retrieved 2021-03-16.