The regions of Guyana are divided into three types of councils: municipal or town councils, neighbourhood democratic councils and Amerindian villages.[1]
The ten towns of Guyana are:[2]
The neighbourhood democratic councils are listed below by region:[3]
Barima-Waini (Region 1) edit
- Ridge/Arakaka
- Mabaruma/Kumaka/Hosororo
Pomeroon-Supenaam (Region 2) edit
- Charity/Urasara
- Evergreen/Paradise
- Aberdeen/Zorg-en-Vlygt
- Annandale/Riverstown
- Good Hope/Pomona
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara (Region 3) edit
- Wakenaam
- Leguan
- Mora/Parika
- Hydronie/Good Hope
- Greenwich Park, Vergenoegen
- Tuschen/Uitvlugt
- Stewartville/Cornelia Ida
- Hague/Blankenburg
- La Jalousie/Nouvelle Flanders
- Best/Klien/Pouderoyen
- Malgre Tout/Meer Zorgen
- La Grange/Nimes
- Canal's Polder
- Toevlugt/Patentia
Demerara-Mahaica (Region 4) edit
- Soesdyke/Huis't Coverden NDC
- Caledonia/Good Success
- Little Diamond/Herstelling
- Golden Grove/Diamond Place
- Mocha/Arcadia
- Ramsburg/Eccles
- Industry/Plaisance
- Better Hope/LBI
- Beterverwagting/Triumph
- Mon Repos/La Reconnaissance
- Buxton/Foulis
- Enmore/Hope
- Haslington/Grove
- Unity/Vereeniging
- Cane Grove
Mahaica-Berbice (Region 5) edit
- Woodlands/Farm
- Hamlet/Chance
- Mahaicony/Abary
- Profit/Rising Sun
- Seafield/Tempie
- Union/Naarstigheid
- Bath/Woodley Park
- Woodlands/Bel Air
- Zeelugt/Rosignol
- Blairmont/Gelderland
East Berbice-Corentyne (Region 6) edit
- Enfield/New Doe Park
- Ordinance/FortLands
- Canefield/Enterprise
- Kintyre/No.37
- Gibraltar/Fyrish
- Kilcoy/Hampshire
- Port Mourant/John
- Bloomfield/Whim
- Lancaster/Hogstye
- Black Bush Polder
- Good Hope/No.51
- Macedonia/Joppa
- Bushlot/Adventure
- Maida/Tarlogie
- No. 52/ No. 74
- Crabwood Creek/Molsen Creek
Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region 7) edit
- Bartica NDC
Potaro-Siparuni (Region 8) edit
No subdivisions. Governed from the regional capital Mahdia[3]
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo (Region 9) edit
Ireng/Sawariwau NDCDissolved in 2012.[4]
Upper Demerara-Berbice (Region 10) edit
- Kwakwani NDC
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Country Profile 2017-18 GUYANA" (PDF). Commonwealth Local Government Forum. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Four new towns for Guyana within a year – Minister of Communities". Kaieteur News Online. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Neighbourhood Democratic Councils". Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "NDC at Lethem dissolved". Kaieteur News Online. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- Guyanese Government Statistics (Archived 2009-11-13 at the Wayback Machine)