Mahaica-Berbice 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 East Berbice-Corentyne

East Berbice-Corentyne

East Berbice-Corentyne is one of ten regions in Guyana covering the whole of the east of the country. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Suriname to the east, Brazil to the south and the regions of Mahaica-Berbice, Upper Demerara-Berbice, Potaro-Siparuni and Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo...

 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 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 west.

It contains the towns of Rosignol

Rosignol

Rosignol is a small town on the west bank of the Berbice River in Guyana at .The town is important because it has a port, the Rosignol Stelling, that is the main crossing point on the western bank of the Berbice River...

, Fort Washington, Mahaicony

Mahaicony

Mahaicony is a village in the Mahaica-Berbice Region of Guyana, located at . In other words, Mahaicony's boundary on the coast is from De Hoop on the west and Calcutta on the east.Economic Activity...

 and Helena.

The Mahaica River

Mahaica River

The Mahaica River is a small river in northern Guyana that drains into the Atlantic Ocean. The village of Mahaica is found at its mouth.Farming is the predominant human use of the lower reaches of the river....

 runs along the region's western border. The Berbice River

Berbice River

The Berbice River, located in eastern Guyana, rises in the highlands of the Rupununi region. The Berbice flows northward for 370 miles through dense forests to the coastal plain...

 is the eastern border. The Mahaicony

Mahaicony River

The Mahaicony River is a small river in northern Guyana that drains into the Atlantic Ocean. Mahaicony village is found at the mouth of the river.Farming is the predominant human use of the lower reaches of the river....

 and Abary River

Abary River

The Abary River is a small river in northern Guyana that drains into the Atlantic Ocean.Historic Amerindian settlements existed at Tiger Island, Taurakuli and Doctor Ho Landing...

s run south to north.

Population

Mahaica-Berbice's population was 52,400 in 2002 (Official census).

• 2002 : 52,400
• 1991 : 51,280
• 1980 : 53,898

Communities

(including name variants):

• Abary
  Abary
  Abary is a small community in the Mahaica-Berbice Region of Guyana, near the mouth of the Abary River, 43 miles from Georgetown. Abary is known for the Abary Bridge located on the Main Highway. The approach to the bridge can prove frightening to local children riding in cars....
  
  
• Baiabu (Barabara, Biabu, Big Baiabo)
• Bel Air
• Belladrum
  Belladrum
  Belladrum is a small community in the Mahaica-Berbice Region of Guyana, on the Atlantic coast, about east of Mahaicony.-Geography:Belladrum is a rural area close to the sea wall on the northern coast of Guyana. It is below sea level and is rich with lush vegetation, rice fields, and wildlife...
  
  
• Blairmont (Blairmont Place)
• Bush Lot
  Bush Lot
  Bush Lot is a medium to large community in the Rosignol- West Berbice Region 5 of Guyana, approximately 56 miles from Georgetown, the capital of Guyana. Rice production is the main business of the population of approximately 4,000...
  
  
• Cotton Tree
• De Hoop
• Esau and Jacob
  Esau and Jacob
  Esau and Jacob is a village in the Mahaica-Berbice Region of Guyana. One of the oldest villages on the Mahaicony River, Esau and Jacob got its name from Dutch settlers. A rice-producing village, it is south of the East Coast Highway, and is accessible by road....
  
  
• First Savannah
• Fort Washington
• Fort Wellington
• Gordon Table
• Governor Light
  Governor Light
  Governor Light is a small community in the Mahaica-Berbice Region of Guyana. It stands on the coastal plain, at just one metre above sea-level, along the Mahaicony River, approximately 10 miles upstream from its mouth. Governor Light is named after Henry Light, the 3rd Governor of British Guiana....
  
  
• Grass Hook
• Helena
• Helena Number Two
• Hopetown
• Jacoba
• Lichfield (Forty-two)
• Mahaicony
  Mahaicony
  Mahaicony is a village in the Mahaica-Berbice Region of Guyana, located at . In other words, Mahaicony's boundary on the coast is from De Hoop on the west and Calcutta on the east.Economic Activity...
  
   (Mahaicony Village)
• Mora Point
  Mora Point
  Mora Point, on the Mahaicony River in the Mahaica-Berbice Region of Guyana, is a village located 18 km south of the East Coast Highway.It is an important settlement as the jurisdiction of its Police Outpost extends to almost the entire river....
  
  
• Moraikobe
• Mortice
• New Found Out
• Number 2
• Number 4 (Edderton Village)
• Number 5 (Zeelust Village)
• Number Twelve
• Number Forty Village (Seafield, Forty)
• Number Forty One (Forty-one Village)
• Old Vigilante (Old Vigilantie)
• Perth (Perth Village)
• Pine Ground
• Rising Sun
• Rosignol
  Rosignol
  Rosignol is a small town on the west bank of the Berbice River in Guyana at .The town is important because it has a port, the Rosignol Stelling, that is the main crossing point on the western bank of the Berbice River...
  
  
• Saint Cuthbert's (Saint Cuthbert's Mission, Saint Cuthbert's Village)
• Saint Francis Mission
• Saint John
• Sinking Ground
• Sir James
• Tempe
• Vigilantie (De Vigilante)
• Weldaad
  Weldaad
  Weldaad is a community in the Mahaica-Berbice Region of Guyana on the Atlantic Ocean coast, located at ....
  
  
• Kuru Kururu
• Washington