Neighbourhood Councils of Guyana

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The districts of Guyana

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 NDC Dissolved in 2012.[4]

Upper Demerara-Berbice (Region 10)[edit]

  • Kwakwani NDC

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Country Profile 2017-18 GUYANA" (PDF). Commonwealth Local Government Forum. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Four new towns for Guyana within a year – Minister of Communities". Kaieteur News Online. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Neighbourhood Democratic Councils". Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  4. ^ "NDC at Lethem dissolved". Kaieteur News Online. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2021.