Demerara-Mahaica Explained

Demerara-Mahaica
Native Name:	Region 4
Settlement Type:	Administrative Region
Map Alt:	Map of Guyana showing Demerara-Mahaica region
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Guyana
Subdivision Type1:	Regional Capital
Subdivision Name1:	Triumph^[1] ^[2]
Unit Pref:	Metric
Area Total Km2:	2232
Population Total:	313429
Population As Of:	2012 census
Population Density Km2:	auto
Utc Offset1:	-4
Footnotes:	^[3]

Demerara-Mahaica (Region 4) is a region of Guyana, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the region of Mahaica-Berbice to the east, the region of Upper Demerara-Berbice to the south and the region of Essequibo Islands-West Demerara to the west.

It contains the country's capital Georgetown. Notable villages in the region include Buxton, Enmore, Victoria and Paradise.

Population

The Government of Guyana has administered three official censuses since the 1980 administrative reforms, in 1980, 1991 and 2002.^[4] Even though this administrative region is the smallest, it has the largest population out of all Guyana's Administrative Regions. In 2012, the population of Demerara-Mahaica was recorded at 313,429 people.^[5] Official census records for the population of the Demerara-Mahaica region are as follows:

• 2012 : 401,376
• 2002 : 310,320
• 1991 : 296,924
• 1980 : 317,475

Communities

With name variants in parentheses.^[6]

• Ann's Grove
• Agricola Village
• Alberttown (ward of Georgetown)
• Albouystown (ward of Georgetown)
• Alexander Village (Alexanderville)
• Annandale
• Bagotstown
• Beehive
• Bel Air (Gardens / Park / Springs) (wards of Georgetown)
• Belfield (Belfield Village)
• Beterverwagting (Betterverwagting)
• Better Hope
• Bourda
• Buxton
• Campbelville
• Cane Grove
• Charlestown (ward of Georgetown)
• Clonbrook
• Cove and John
• Craig
• Zeeland
• De Kinderen (De Kindern)
• Enmore
• Enterprise
• Georgetown
• Glasgow (Glasgow Village)
• Good Intent
• Great Diamond
• Helena
• Houston
• Hyde Park
• Jonestown (Voorzigtigheid)
• Kingston, Guyana
• Kitty (ward of Georgetown)
• Kuru Kururu
• La Penitence (ward of Georgetown)
• Lacytown (ward of Georgetown)
• Lamaha Gardens
• Land of Canaan
• Little Diamond
• Lodge (Lodge Village)
• Lusignan
• Mahaica Village
• Mon Repos
• Nabacalis (Nabaclis)
• New Burg (Newburg)
• New Haven
• Newtown (ward of Georgetown)
• Non Pariel (Nonpareil)
• Paradise
• Plaisance (Plaisance Village)
• Prashad Nagar
• Providence
• Queenstown (ward of Georgetown)
• Silver Hill
• Soesdyke (Soesdyk)
• Stabroek
• St. Cuthbert's Mission (Pakuri, St. Cuthbert's)
• Subryanville
• Timehri
• Triumph
• Unity
• Victoria
• Vigilance
• Werk-en-rust
• Wortmanville

See also

References

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Notes and References

1. News: Region Four RDC office moves to Triumph. Stabroek News. 18 August 2020.
2. Web site: Regional Democratic Council Region No. 4 - Demerara/Mahaica, Guyana. Regional Democratic Council Region No. 4via Facebook. 18 August 2020.
3. Book: Macmillan Publishers. Macmillan Junior Atlas: Guyana. 2009. Macmillan Caribbean. Oxford. 9780333934173. 33. Administrative Region - 4.
4. Web site: Beaie . Sonkarley Tiatun . Chapter 3: National Redistribution and Internal Migration . 2002 Population and Housing Census - Guyana National Report . Bureau of Statistics . 29 August 2012 . 51 . PDF . 19 September 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120217151423/http://www.statisticsguyana.gov.gy/pubs/Chapter3_Population_Redistribution_Internal_Migration.pdf . 17 February 2012 . dead .
5. Web site: Beaie. Sonkarley Tiatun. National Population Trends: Size, Growth and Distribution. 2002 Population and Housing Census - Guyana National Report. Bureau of Statistics. 29 August 2012. 25. PDF Download. 19 September 2007. 9 September 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120909144129/http://www.statisticsguyana.gov.gy/census.html#popcenfinal. dead.
6. Web site: 2012 Population by Village. Statistics Guyana. 8 December 2021.