Regions of Guyana


is divided into 10 regions:
No.RegionArea
Pop.
Pop.
per km2
Capital
1Barima-Waini20,33926,9411.3Mabaruma
2Pomeroon-Supenaam6,19546,8107.6Anna Regina
3Essequibo Islands-West Demerara3,755107,41628.6Vreed en Hoop
4Demerara-Mahaica2,232313,429140.4Triumph
5Mahaica-Berbice4,19049,72311.9Fort Wellington
6East Berbice-Corentyne36,234109,4313.0New Amsterdam
7Cuyuni-Mazaruni47,21320,2800.4Bartica
8Potaro-Siparuni20,05110,1900.5Mahdia
9Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo57,75024,2120.4Lethem
10Upper Demerara-Berbice17,04039,4522.3Linden
Guyana214,999747,8843.5Georgetown

Each Region is administered by a Regional Democratic Council which is headed by a Chairman. The Regions are divided into neighbourhood councils, known as Neighbourhood Democratic Councils.
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.

Historical divisions

Previous regional names:

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
  • Mazaruni-Potaro
  • Rupununi

    Colonial counties (before 1958)

  • Essequibo
  • Demerara
  • Berbice

    Lands inhabited by Indigenous peoples

  • Epira Amerindian District
  • Epira Amerindian Reservation
  • Kanuku Amerindian District
  • Karasabai Amerindian District
  • Orealla Amerindian District
  • Orealla Amerindian Reservation
  • Pomeroon-Ituribisi Amerindian District
  • Pomeroon-Ituribisi Indian Reservation
  • Pomeroon-Ituribisi Reservation
  • Saint Francis Amerindian District
  • Santa Amerindian District
  • Wikki Amerindian District
  • Wikki Amerindian Reservation
  • Wikki Indian Reservation