Potaro-Siparuni Explained

Potaro-Siparuni
Native Name:Region 8
Settlement Type:Administrative Region
Map Alt:Map of Guyana showing Potaro-Siparuni region
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Guyana
Subdivision Type1:Regional Capital
Subdivision Name1:Mahdia
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:20,051
Population Total:10190
Population As Of:2012 census
Population Density Km2:auto
Footnotes:[1]

Potaro-Siparuni (Region 8) is a region of Guyana. It borders the region of Cuyuni-Mazaruni to the north, the regions of Upper Demerara-Berbice and East Berbice-Corentyne to the east, the region of Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo to the south and Brazil to the west.

The main villages in the region are Campbelltown, Orinduik, Mahdia, Paramakatoi and Tumatumari.

Population

The Government of Guyana has administered three official censuses since the 1980 administrative reforms, in 1980, 1991 and 2002.[2] In 2012, the population of Potaro-Siparuni was recorded at 10,190 people.[3] Official census records for the population of Potaro-Siparuni are as follows:

Communities

(including name variants):[4]

Tourism

Kaieteur Falls is a major tourist attraction in Guyana. It is in Kaieteur National Park in the center of Guyana's rainforest. The park is served by Kaieteur International Airport, about a 15-minute walk from the top of Kaieteur falls, with frequent flights to Ogle Airport and Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Georgetown. Within Potaro-Siparuni is also a section of the Amazon rainforest.

Territorial claim

Venezuela has attempted to renew its claim to Guyana’s Essequibo territory, which is situated west of the Essequibo river. The status of the border controversy is subject to the Geneva Agreement, which was signed by the United Kingdom, Venezuela and British Guiana on February 17, 1966. As of December 2020, the matter is being addressed by the ICJ.[5]

Pending its final decision, the ICJ indicated the following provisional measures in its Order of 1 December 2023:[6]

(1) The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela shall refrain from taking any action which would modify the situation that currently prevails in the territory in dispute, whereby the Co-operative Republic of Guyana administers and exercises control over that area;

(2) Both Parties shall refrain from any action which might aggravate or extend the dispute before the Court or make it more difficult to resolve.”

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Macmillan Publishers. Macmillan Junior Atlas: Guyana. 2009. Macmillan Caribbean. Oxford. 9780333934173. 37. Administrative Regions - 8, 9 and 10.
  2. 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/20071124141834/http://www.statisticsguyana.gov.gy/pubs/Chapter3_Population_Redistribution_Internal_Migration.pdf. dead. 24 November 2007.
  3. 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.
  4. Web site: 2012 Population by Village. Statistics Guyana. 8 December 2021.
  5. https://www.icj-cij.org/public/files/case-related/171/171-20201218-SUM-01-00-EN.pdf Summary of the Judgement of 18 December 2020
  6. https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/171/171-20231201-sum-01-00-en.pdf https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/171/171-20231201-sum-01-00-en.pdf