Regions of Guyana

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

No.RegionArea
(km2)		Pop.
(2012)		Pop.
per km2		Capital
1Barima-Waini20,33926,9411.3Mabaruma
2Pomeroon-Supenaam6,19546,8107.6Anna Regina
3Essequibo Islands-West Demerara3,755107,41628.6Vreed en Hoop
4Demerara-Mahaica2,232313,429140.4Triumph[3][4]
5Mahaica-Berbice4,19049,72311.9Fort Wellington
6East Berbice-Corentyne36,234109,4313.0New Amsterdam
7Cuyuni-Mazaruni47,21320,2800.4Bartica
8Potaro-Siparuni20,05110,1900.5Mahdia
9Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo57,75024,2120.4Lethem
10Upper Demerara-Berbice17,04039,4522.3Linden
 Guyana214,999747,8843.5Georgetown
Regions of Guyana by number and name

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.


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