List of cities and towns in Guyana

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This is a list of settlements in Guyana . The following definitions have been used:

Contents

Cities

Towns

Villages

A–M

N–Z

Communities

Estates

Missions

Largest cities

Largest cities and towns of Guyana
Rank Name Region Population
1 Georgetown Demerara-Mahaica 118,363 [3]
2 Linden Upper Demerara-Berbice 27,277 [3]
3 New Amsterdam East Berbice-Corentyne 17,329 [3]
4 Corriverton East Berbice-Corentyne 11,386 [3]
5 Bartica Cuyuni-Mazaruni 8,004 [4]
6 Mahaica Demerara-Mahaica 4,867 [4]
7 Rose Hall East Berbice-Corentyne 4,413 [4]
8 Parika Essequibo Islands-West Demerara 4,385 [4]
9 Triumph Demerara-Mahaica 3,788 [4]
10 Uitvlugt Essequibo Islands-West Demerara 2,980 [4]

See also

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References

  1. World Gazetteer, Guyana: Largest cities and towns with statistics of their population [ dead link ]
  2. "Municipalities | Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development" . Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Guyana Population and Housing Census 2012: Preliminary Report (PDF) (Report). Bureau of Statistics, Guyana. June 2014. p. 23. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2012 Population by Village". Statistics Guyana. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2020.