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Demerara Mahaica

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Country
  
Guyana

Area
  
2,233 km²

Regional Capital
  
Paradise

Demerara-Mahaica

Clubs and Teams
  
Fruta Conquerors FC, Georgetown FC, Santos FC, Guyana Defence Force FC

Points of interest
  
Walter Roth Museum, Guyana Zoo, Guyana National Museum, Castellani House - Guyana, Botanical Gardens

Colleges and Universities
  
University of Guyana, Queen's College - Guyana, President's College, Cyril Potter College of Education, The Business School G

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.

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Map of Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

It contains the country's capital Georgetown. Other towns 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. 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. Official census records for the population of the Demerara-Mahaica region are as follows:

  • 2012 : 313,429
  • 2002 : 310,320
  • 1991 : 296,924
  • 1980 : 317,475
  • Cannot.be too sure because people die and are born so its about 317,500

    Communities

    With name variants in parenthesis.

    References

    Demerara-Mahaica Wikipedia