Mahaica-Berbice (Region 5) is a region of

Guyana Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic British West Indies. entry "Guyana" Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the co ...

, bordering the

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to the north, the region of

East Berbice-Corentyne East Berbice-Corentyne (Region 6) is one of ten regions in Guyana covering the whole of the east of the country. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the Nickerie District and Sipaliwini District of Suriname to the east, Brazil to the sou ...

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-S ...

to the south and the region of

Demerara-Mahaica 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 ...

to the west. It contains the villages of Rosignol,

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, and

Mahaicony Mahaicony is a community that is made up of several villages in East Coast Demerara, Mahaica-Berbice, Guyana. Mahaicony's physical boundaries on the coast is from De Hoop village in the west to Calcutta village in the east. Central Mahaicony inc ...

. The

Mahaica River The Mahaica River is a small river in northern Guyana that drains into the Atlantic Ocean. The village of Mahaica is found at its mouth. It is one of Guyana's principal coastal streams that also forms a rough border between the Demerara-Mahaica r ...

runs along the region's western border. The

Berbice River The Berbice River , located in eastern Guyana, is one of the country's major rivers. It rises in the highlands of the Rupununi region and flows northward for through dense forests to the coastal plain. The river's tidal limit is between from the ...

is the eastern border. The

and

Abary River The Abary River (Abary Creek) is a small river in northern Guyana that drains into the Atlantic Ocean. Historic Amerindian settlements existed at Tiger Island and Taurakuli. The upper Abary River, the site of which now lies under the reservoir c ...

s run south to north.

Population

The Government of Guyana has administered three official censuses since the 1980 administrative reforms, in 1980, 1991 and 2002. In 2012, the population of Mahaica-Berbice was recorded at 49,723 people. Official census records for the population of the Mahaica-Berbice region are as follows: *2012 : 49,723 *2002 : 52,400 *1991 : 51,280 *1980 : 53,898

Communities

(including name variants): * Abary *Bel Air *

Belladrum Belladrum is a small community in the Mahaica-Berbice Region of Guyana, on the Atlantic coast, about east of Mahaicony. Geography Belladrum is a rural area close to the sea wall on the northern coast of Guyana. It is below sea level and is ric ...

*Blairmont (Blairmont Place) *

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Bush Lot There are several communities named Bush Lot in Guyana. This article covers four locations. Mahaica-Berbice Bush Lot is a community in the Mahaica-Berbice Region 5 of Guyana, approximately 56 miles from Georgetown, the capital. and mostly Indo-G ...

* Catherinas Lust *Cotton Tree *

Esau and Jacob Esau and Jacob is a village in the Mahaica-Berbice Region of Guyana. One of the oldest villages on the Mahaicony River The Mahaicony River is a small river in northern Guyana that drains into the Atlantic Ocean. Mahaicony village is found at t ...

*Gordon Table * Governor Light *Hopetown *Ithaca *Jacoba *Lichfield (Forty-two) *

(Mahaicony Village) * Mora Point *

Moraikobai Moraikobai is an Amerindian village located in the Mahaica-Berbice of Guyana. History The community was initially called “Moracoba”; a name that was birthed from a combination of two Arawak words; ‘Mora’ meaning tree and ‘Coba’ mean ...

(Moraikobe) *Mortice *Number 4 (Edderton Village) *Number 7 (Blairmont) *Number 8 (Inverness) *Number 9 (Expectation) *Number 11 (Woodley Park) *Number 40 Village (Seafield, Forty) *Number 41 (Forty-one Village) *Perth (Perth Village) *Pine Ground *Rising Sun * Rosignol *Saint Francis Mission *Saint John *Tempe *Washington *Weldaad

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Population

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