Regions of Guyana explained

Guyana is divided into 10 regions:^{[1] [2]}

No.	Region	Area (km^2)	Pop. (2012)	Pop. per km^2	Capital
1		20,339	26,941	1.3	Mabaruma
2		6,195	46,810	7.6	Anna Regina
3		3,755	107,416	28.6	Vreed en Hoop
4		2,232	313,429	140.4	Triumph^[3] ^[4]
5		4,190	49,723	11.9	Fort Wellington
6		36,234	109,431	3.0	New Amsterdam
7		47,213	20,280	0.4	Bartica
8		20,051	10,190	0.5	Mahdia
9		57,750	24,212	0.4	Lethem
10		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

• • List of Caribbean First-level Subdivisions by Total Area
• List of Guyanese regions by Human Development Index

References

1. http://www.statisticsguyana.gov.gy/pubs/Chapter3_Population_Redistribution_Internal_Migration.pdf Bureau of Statistics - Guyana
2. http://gina.gov.gy/natprofile/gnprof.html Guyana - Government Information Agency
3. News: Region Four RDC office moves to Triumph. Stabroek News. 18 August 2020.
4. Web site: Regional Democratic Council Region No. 4 - Demerara/Mahaica, Guyana. Regional Democratic Council Region No. 4via Facebook. 18 August 2020.
5. http://www.statisticsguyana.gov.gy/pubs/List_of_NDCs.pdf Government of Guyana, Statistics
6. Web site: 7 October 1980. THE LOCAL DEMOCRATIC ORGANS ACT 1980. 2020-01-03. parliament.gov.g.
7. Web site: 29 August 1958. Internal Administrative Divisions of British Guiana. https://web.archive.org/web/20170122213119/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP61-00391R000200240004-9.pdf. dead. January 22, 2017. 2020-01-03. Cia.gov.
8. Web site: ADMIN REGIONS DETAILED – GUYANA LANDS AND SURVEYS COMMISSION'S FACT PAGE ON GUYANA. 2021-03-16. en-US.

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