Essequibo Islands-West Demerara (Region 3) 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...

, split in two by the Essequibo River

Essequibo River

The Esequibo River is the largest river in Guyana, and the largest river between the Orinoco and Amazon. Rising in the Acarai Mountains near the Brazil-Guyana border, the Essequibo flows to the north for 1,010 km through forest and savanna into the Atlantic Ocean.-Geography:There are countless...

. It is bordered by 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 Demerara-Mahaica

Demerara-Mahaica

Demerara-Mahaica 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....

 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 regions of

It contains the towns of Parika

Parika

Parika is a port township located in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region of Guyana. It is popular for its ferry service, operated by the Ministry of Transportation, to and from the Essequibo Islands and West Demerara area. It is also notable for its Sunday markets...

, Schoon Ord and Uitvlugt

Uitvlugt

Uitvlugt is a village in Guyana on the east bank of the Demerara River....

. It contains the large islands at the mouth of the Essequibo, including Hog Island

Hog Island, Guyana

Hogg Island, the largest of the hundreds of islands in the Essequibo River in Guyana is 5 km from the river's mouth in its estuary, located at ....

, Wakenaam

Wakenaam

Wakenaam is an island of about at the mouth of the Essequibo River of Guyana. It was settled at one time by the Dutch in the 18th Century; the name Wakenaam is Dutch meaning "waiting for a name". The island, like most other islands in the Essequibo River in Guyana, is characterized by green...

 and Leguan.The Administrative centre is located in the town of Vreed-en-Hoop. Ravi lived there.

Population

Essequibo Islands-West Demerara's population was 103,061 in 2002 (Official census).

• 2002 : 103,061
• 1991 : 95,975
• 1980 : 104,750

Communities

(including name variants):

• De Willem
• Ampa
  AMPA
  AMPA is a compound that is a specific agonist for the AMPA receptor, where it mimics the effects of the neurotransmitter glutamate....
  
  
• Amstel
• Anna Catherina
• Banakari
• Berebisibali (Berebisiballi, Beribissibali, Beribissiballi)
• Bethany
• Caledonia
• Canal #1 Polder
• Canal #2 Polder
• Cornelia Ida
• Dalli
• De Jonge Rachael
• Den Amstel (Den Amstel Village)
• Elizabeth
• 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...
  
  
• Fredericksburg
• Hague Backdam (Hague Front/Jib)
• Hooboo
• Hopetown
• Hubu
• Karia
• Kariakaria
• Lanaballi
• Leonora
  Leonora, Guyana
  Leonora, Guyana, originally called Plantation Leonora is situated some nine miles from Vreed-en-Hoop.The name Leonora is Dutch coming from the time of Dutch occupation of the country. It originated from the names of two Dutch children, Nora, a girl and Leo, a boy.Leonora encompasses an area of some...
  
  
• Lorenza
• Louisiana
• Makouria
• Manaka
• Maria Johanna
• McDoom Village
• Meadow Bank
• Meten-Meer-Zorg
  Meten-Meer-Zorg
  Meten-Meer-Zorg is a village in the West Demerara region of Guyana....
  
  
• Melville
• Morasi
• Nismes
• Parika
  Parika
  Parika is a port township located in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region of Guyana. It is popular for its ferry service, operated by the Ministry of Transportation, to and from the Essequibo Islands and West Demerara area. It is also notable for its Sunday markets...
  
  
• Patentia
• Phoenix Town
• Post Ampa
• Primrose Hill
• Ridge
• Ruimzeight
• Sarah
• Saxacalli
  Saxacalli
  Saxacalli, located on the west bank of the Essequibo River some south of Parika at , was originally an Arawak community. Its present population of about 250 reflects Guyana's multi-ethnicity. Life in Saxacalli is based on small-scale logging, farming and some tourism, mainly from the use of the...
  
   (Saxakalli, Saxsacali)
• Schoon Ord
• Simirie
• Soesdyke (Soesdyk)
• Stanleytown
• Stewartville
  Stewartville
  Stewartville may refer to a community in the United States:* Stewartville, California* Stewartville, Minnesota...
  
  
• Tuschen
• Uitvlugt
  Uitvlugt
  Uitvlugt is a village in Guyana on the east bank of the Demerara River....
  
  
• Vergenoegen
• Vreed-en-Hoop
• Wales
• Windsor Forest
• Zeelandia
  Zeelandia, Guyana
  Zeelandia, a community in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region of Guyana, is one of many villages and plantations on Wakenaam, the most developed of the Essequibo River islands. Located at the extreme northern end of the island facing the Atlantic Ocean, Zeelandia is a fishing village....