Demerara-Mahaica
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Demerara-Mahaica is a region of Guyana
Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...

, bordering the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...

 to the north, the region of Mahaica-Berbice
Mahaica-Berbice
Mahaica-Berbice is a region of Guyana, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the region of East Berbice-Corentyne to the east, the region of Upper Demerara-Berbice to the south and the region of Demerara-Mahaica to the west....

 to the east, the region of Upper Demerara-Berbice
Upper Demerara-Berbice
Upper Demerara-Berbice 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-Siparuni and Cuyuni-Mazaruni to the west.It contains Guyana's...

 to the south and the region of Essequibo Islands-West Demerara
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara is a region of Guyana, split in two by the Essequibo River. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the region of Demerara-Mahaica to the east, the region of Upper Demerara-Berbice to the south and the regions ofIt contains the towns of Parika, Schoon Ord...

 to the west.

It contains the country's capital Georgetown
Georgetown, Guyana
Georgetown, estimated population 239,227 , is the capital and largest city of Guyana, located in the Demerara-Mahaica region. It is situated on the Atlantic Ocean coast at the mouth of the Demerara River and it was nicknamed 'Garden City of the Caribbean.' Georgetown is located at . The city serves...

. Other towns in the region include Buxton
Buxton, Guyana
Buxton is a village in the Demerara-Mahaica Region of Guyana, standing about midway between Georgetown and Enmore.-History:Buxton Village was founded in 1840 by a group of freed Afro-Guyanese, who purchased the former Plantation Orange Nassau. Friendship, its sister village was founded in 1841...

, Enmore
Enmore, Guyana
Enmore is a village in the Demerara-Mahaica region along the coastal belt of Guyana. It is about two square miles in size and has a multi-ethnic population of about 8,000, with large concentrations of Indo-Guyanese....

, Victoria
Victoria, Guyana
Victoria is located on the Atlantic coast of Guyana, 18 miles east of Georgetown and bordered by Cove & John to the west and Belfield to the east. It was the first village in Guyana to be bought by the combined resources of Africans who had recently won their freedom from slavery.The community was...

 and Paradise.

Population

Demerara-Mahaica's population was 310,320 in 2002 (Official census).
  • 2002 : 310,320
  • 1991 : 296,924
  • 1980 : 317,475

Communities

With name variants in brackets.
  • Ann's Grove
  • Agricola Village
  • Alberttown
  • Albouystown
  • Alexander Village (Alexanderville)
  • Annandale
    Annandale, Demerara-Mahaica
    Annandale is a community in the Demerara-Mahaica region of Guyana, located on the Atlantic Ocean at , near Buxton. Historically, Annandale was always an "Indian " village, but today it has sizeable populations of Blacks and Indians. Note Indians are still the largest ethnic group here. Its divided...

  • Bagotstown
  • Bel Air
  • Bel Air Gardens
  • Bel Air Park
  • Bel Air Springs
  • Belfield
    Belfield, Guyana
    Belfield is a village in the Demerara-Mahaica Region of Guyana, standing on the Atlantic coast, three kilometres west of Enmore.The first section of the Demerara-Berbice Railway, from Georgetown to Plaisance, was opened on 3 November 1848...

     (Belfield Village)
  • Beterverwagting
    Beterverwagting
    Beterverwagting, also known as B.V, is a village located in South America Guyana; on the East Coast of the Demerara river. Located roughly 10 miles from the capital Georgetown, its an important feeder village for the sugar estate located in La Bonne Intention, a village adjacent to it...

  • Big Diamond
  • Blygezight (Blygezight Gardens)
  • Bourda
    Bourda
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  • Buxton
    Buxton, Guyana
    Buxton is a village in the Demerara-Mahaica Region of Guyana, standing about midway between Georgetown and Enmore.-History:Buxton Village was founded in 1840 by a group of freed Afro-Guyanese, who purchased the former Plantation Orange Nassau. Friendship, its sister village was founded in 1841...

  • Campbelville
  • Cane Grove
    Cane Grove
    Cane Grove is an agricultural community in the Demerara-Mahaica Region of Guyana, standing at sea-level on the coastal plain, along the Mahaica River, about eight kilometres upstream of its mouth....

  • Charlestown
  • Clonbrook
    Clonbrook
    Clonbrook is a village in the Demerara-Mahaica region of Guyana. The village itself has a population of about 1,000-2,000. The village is located along the East Coast Highway and is about 20 miles from Georgetown and about 4 miles from Mahaica...

  • Courida Park
  • Craig
  • De Kinderen (De Kindern)
  • Demerara
    Demerara
    Demerara was a region in South America in what is now Guyana that was colonised by the Dutch in 1611. The British invaded and captured the area in 1796...

  • Diamond
  • Diamond Place
  • Enmore
    Enmore, Guyana
    Enmore is a village in the Demerara-Mahaica region along the coastal belt of Guyana. It is about two square miles in size and has a multi-ethnic population of about 8,000, with large concentrations of Indo-Guyanese....

  • Enterprise
    Enterprise, Guyana
    Enterprise is a village in the Demerara-Mahaica region along the coastal belt of Guyana. It is about two square miles in size and has a population of about 12,000. It is located about southeast of the capital city Georgetown...

  • Georgetown
    Georgetown, Guyana
    Georgetown, estimated population 239,227 , is the capital and largest city of Guyana, located in the Demerara-Mahaica region. It is situated on the Atlantic Ocean coast at the mouth of the Demerara River and it was nicknamed 'Garden City of the Caribbean.' Georgetown is located at . The city serves...

  • Glasgow (Glasgow Village)
  • Good Intent
  • Grahams Hall
  • Great Diamond
    Great Diamond
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  • Hai Maruni
  • Houston
  • Hyde Park
    Hyde Park, Guyana
    Hyde Park is a community in the Demerara-Mahaica Region of Guyana. It stands on the right bank of the Demerara River, at two metres above sea level, about 40 km upstream from the river's mouth, and Georgetown. Cheddi Jagan International Airport, is nearby....

  • Kingston, Guyana
  • Kitty (Kitty Village)
  • La Grange
  • La Penitence
  • Lacytown
  • Lamaha Gardens
  • Land of Canaan
    Land of Canaan
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  • Lodge (Lodge Village)
  • Low Wood (Lowood)
  • Lusignan
    Lusignan, Guyana
    Lusignan is a community in Guyana, South America. Located on the East Coast of Demerara, this village is home mainly to indo-Guyanese and is sustained by its subsistence farming and fishing industries. Ecotourism is also an emerging industry...

  • Mahaica Village
  • Martins Burial Ground
  • New Burg
  • New Haven
  • Newtown
  • Number Ten
  • Plaisance (Plaisance Village)
  • Prashad Nagar
  • Providence
    Providence, Guyana
    Providence is a community in the Demerara-Mahaica Region of Guyana, on the east bank of the Demerara River, located at , altitude 1 metre . Providence is approximately south of the capital, Georgetown....

  • Queenstown
  • Robbstown
  • Silver Hill
  • Stabroek
    Stabroek, Guyana
    Stabroek was established by the French in 1782 under the name Longchamps on the Company's reserve and was named by the Dutch after Nicholaas Geelvinck , Lord of Stabroek, the then President of the Dutch West India Company in 1784....

  • Subryanville
  • Timehri
    Timehri
    Timehri is a town in Guyana located 41 kilometers to the south of the nation's capital Georgetown. The name "Timehri" is an Amerindian word meaning "paintings and drawings on the rock"...

  • Victoria
    Victoria, Guyana
    Victoria is located on the Atlantic coast of Guyana, 18 miles east of Georgetown and bordered by Cove & John to the west and Belfield to the east. It was the first village in Guyana to be bought by the combined resources of Africans who had recently won their freedom from slavery.The community was...

  • Vreed en Hoop
    Vreed en Hoop
    Vreed en Hoop is a town at the mouth of the Demerara River on its left bank, in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara Region of Guyana, located at , altitude 0 metres...

  • Werk en Rust
  • Wortmanville
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