Regions of Guyana

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)

• Essequibo
• Demerara
• Berbice

See also

• ISO 3166-2:GY
• List of Caribbean First-level Subdivisions by Total Area
• List of Guyanese regions by Human Development Index

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 3 January 2020.
7. "Internal Administrative Divisions of British Guiana" (PDF). Cia.gov. 29 August 1958. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
8. "ADMIN REGIONS DETAILED – GUYANA LANDS AND SURVEYS COMMISSION'S FACT PAGE ON GUYANA" . Retrieved 16 March 2021.

External links

• "Regions of Guyana". Statoids.