Mahaica-Berbice
Mahaica-Berbice (Region 5) 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.
It contains the villages of Rosignol, Fort Wellington, and Mahaicony.
The Mahaica River runs along the region's western border. The Berbice River is the eastern border. The Mahaicony and Abary Rivers 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
- Blairmont (Blairmont Place)
- Burma
- Bush Lot
- Catherinas Lust
- Cotton Tree
- Esau and Jacob
- Fort Wellington
- Gordon Table
- Governor Light
- Hopetown
- Ithaca
- Jacoba
- Lichfield (Forty-two)
- Mahaicony (Mahaicony Village)
- Mora Point
- Moraikobai (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
See also
