Essequibo Islands-West Demerara (Region 3) is a

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

. Split in two by the Essequibo River,

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claims the territory to the west of Essequibo river as part of Delta Amacuro state, what represents Essequibo Islands. Unlike West Demerara who is located east of Essequibo river, which means is out of the dispute. It is bordered by the

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to the north, the region of Demerara-Mahaica and

Demerara River The Demerara River is a river in eastern Guyana that rises in the central rainforests of the country and flows to the north for 346 kilometres until it reaches the Atlantic Ocean. Georgetown, Guyana's largest seaport and capital, is situated o ...

to the east, the region of

Upper Demerara-Berbice Upper Demerara-Berbice (Region 10) is a region of Guyana, bordering the regions of Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, Demerara-Mahaica and Mahaica-Berbice to the north, the region of East Berbice-Corentyne to the east, and the regions of Potaro-Si ...

to the south and the region of

Pomeroon-Supenaam Pomeroon-Supenaam (Region 2) is a region of Guyana. Venezuela claims the territory as part of Guayana Esequiba. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the region of Essequibo Islands-West Demerara to the east, the region of Cuyuni-Mazaruni ...

to the west. It contains villages such as Parika,

Tuschen Tuschen is a village in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara Region of Guyana. It is located along the Atlantic Ocean coast. The original name of the village was ''Tuschen de Vrienden'' (Dutch language, Dutch for between friends). During the 20th ...

and

Uitvlugt Uitvlugt (pronounced "owt-flut") is a village in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region of Guyana. On the coastal public road on the west bank of the Demerara River, it lies immediately to the west of Stewartville and to the south of Zeeburg ...

. It contains the three hundred and sixty five islands in the Essequibo river of which three of the largest islands can be found at the mouth of the Essequibo, these are Hogg Island,

Wakenaam Wakenaam is an island of about at the mouth of the Essequibo River of Guyana. One of the largest islands (the others being Leguan and Hogg Island) in the Essequibo Islands group, it was settled at one time by the Dutch in the 18th Century; the ...

and

Leguan Leguan Island is a small island situated in the delta of the Essequibo River on the coast of Guyana, South America. The island is shaped like a gull wing and is nine miles (14 km) long and wide at its widest making it roughly square in area ...

Population

The Government of Guyana has administered three official censuses since the 1980 administrative reforms, in 1980, 1991 and 2002. In 2002, the population of Essequibo Islands-West Demerara was recorded at 103,061 people. Official census records for the population of Essequibo Islands-West Demerara are as follows: *2012 : 107,416 *2002 : 103,061 *1991 : 95,975 *1980 : 104,750

Communities

(including name variants): * Ampa Bay (Post Ampa) * Caledonia * Cornelia Ida * De Jonge Rachael * De Willem * Den Amstel (Den Amstel Village, Amstel) * Fort Island * Fredericksburg * Goed Fortuin * Hague Backdam (Hague Front/Jib, Hague) * Harlem * Hogg Island * Hopetown * Hubu * La Parfaite Harmonie * Leonora * Louisiana * Makouria * McDoom Village (McDoom) *

Met-en-Meerzorg Met-en-Meerzorg (also Meten-Meer-Zorg) is a village located on the West Coast of Demerara in the region of Essequibo Islands-West Demerara in Guyana. The village was named after the sugar plantation Met en Meerzorg. The community was founded in 1 ...

(Meten-Meer-Zorg) * Melville * Morasi * Nismes * Noitgedacht * Parika * Patentia * Phoenix Town * Ruimzight * Santa Mission (Santa Aratak) * Sarah * Saxacalli (Saxakalli, Saxsacali) * Schoonord (SchoonordSchoon Ord) * Stanleytown * Stewartville *

* Vergenoegen *

Vreed-en-Hoop Vreed en Hoop is a village at the mouth of the Demerara River on its west bank, in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region of Guyana, located at sea level. It is the location of the Regional Democratic Council office making it the administrati ...

* Vriesland * Windsor Forest *

Zeeburg Zeeburg () is a former borough of Amsterdam. It had 52,701 residents (January 2009) and an area of 19.31 km². The construction of new islands to the east called IJburg made it the most rapidly growing borough of Amsterdam. On 1 May 2010 Zeeb ...

* Zeelandia

Gallery

Coconut Grove in Wakenaam - panoramio (2).jpg, Coconut grove on Wakenaam Island, Essequibo River Fort Zeelandia, overzicht - 20651015 - RCE.jpg, Ruins of Fort Zeelandia on Fort Island, Essequibo River Parika, Guyana (23570717421).jpg, Parika on the east bank of the Essequibo River Santa Mission - panoramio.jpg, Santa Mission a nature reserve Riding tru Wakenaam - panoramio (1).jpg, Trail in Wakenaam

References

{{Authority control Regions of Guyana

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