Mahaica-Berbice

Mahaica-Berbice Region 5
Administrative Region
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Map of Guyana showing Mahaica-Berbice region
Country	Guyana
Regional Capital	Fort Wellington
Area
• Total	4,190 km2 (1,620 sq mi)
Population  (2022 census)
• Total	57,667
• Density	13.8/km2 (35.6/sq mi)
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Mahaica-Berbice (Region 5) is a region of Guyana, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the region of East Berbice-Corentyne to the east, the region of Upper Demerara-Berbice to the south and the region of Demerara-Mahaica to the west.

It contains the villages of Rosignol, Fort Wellington, and Mahaicony.

The Mahaica River runs along the region's western border. The Berbice River is the eastern border. The Mahaicony and Abary Rivers run south to north.

Population

The Government of Guyana has administered three official censuses since the 1980 administrative reforms, in 1980, 1991, 2002, 2012 and 2022. ^[2] In 2012, the population of Mahaica-Berbice was recorded at 49,723 people. ^[3] Official census records for the population of the Mahaica-Berbice region are as follows:

• 2022 : 57,667 ^[4]
• 2012 : 49,723
• 2002 : 52,400
• 1991 : 51,280
• 1980 : 53,898

Communities

(including name variants): ^[5]

• Abary
• Bel Air
• Belladrum
• Blairmont (Blairmont Place)
• Burma
• Bush Lot
• Catherinas Lust
• Cotton Tree
• Esau and Jacob
• Fort Wellington
• Gordon Table
• Governor Light
• Hopetown
• Ithaca
• Jacoba
• Lichfield (Forty-two)
• Mahaicony (Mahaicony Village)
• Mora Point
• Moraikobai (Moraikobe)
• Mortice
• Number 4 (Edderton Village)
• Number 7 (Blairmont)
• Number 8 (Inverness)
• Number 9 (Expectation)
• Number 11 (Woodley Park)
• Number 40 Village (Seafield, Forty)
• Number 41 (Forty-one Village)
• Perth (Perth Village)
• Pine Ground
• Rising Sun
• Rosignol
• Saint Francis Mission
• Saint John
• Tempe
• Washington
• Weldaad

See also

• Geography portal

References

1. Macmillan Publishers (2009). "Administrative Regions - 5 and 6". Macmillan Junior Atlas: Guyana. Oxford: Macmillan Caribbean. p. 35. ISBN   9780333934173.
2. Beaie, Sonkarley Tiatun (19 September 2007). "Chapter 3: National Redistribution and Internal Migration" (PDF). 2002 Population and Housing Census - Guyana National Report. Bureau of Statistics. p. 51. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
3. Beaie, Sonkarley Tiatun (19 September 2007). "National Population Trends: Size, Growth and Distribution" (PDF Download). 2002 Population and Housing Census - Guyana National Report. Bureau of Statistics. p. 25. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
4. "Guyana: Regions, Major Towns & Rural Localities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Archived from the original on 2026-01-31. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
5. "2012 Population by Village". Statistics Guyana. Retrieved 8 December 2021.

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