East Berbice-Corentyne (Region 6) is one of ten regions in Guyana covering the whole of the east of the country. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the Nickerie District and Sipaliwini District of 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 west.
Towns in the region include New Amsterdam, Corriverton and Rose Hall.
The Corentyne River forms the whole of the eastern border with Suriname, though the southernmost section is disputed territory known as the Tigri Area.
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 East Berbice-Corentyne was recorded at 109,431 people. Official census records for the population of East Berbice-Corentyne are as follows:
2012 : 109,431
2002 : 123,695
1991 : 142,541
1980 : 152,386
Communities
(including name variants):
Adventure
Albion
Alness (Alnes) Ankerville - Port Mourant Baracara (Barakara Mission/Wel te Vreeden) Belvedere Bloomfield Bound Yard - Port Mourant Brighton Bush Lot (Bush Lot Village) Canefield Chesney Clifton Settlement - Port Mourant Corriverton Crabwood Creek Cumberland ( birthplace of Hetmyer}. Epira (Epira Mission, Espera) Friendship (Friendship Village, Corentyne) Free Yard - Port Mourant Fyrish (Fyrish Village) Gangaram Haswell - Port Mourant Johns Settlement - Port Mourant Kasuela )Cashew Island) Kumaka Lancaster (Lancaster Village) Leeds Letter Kenny Lesbeholden Limlair Liverpool Manchester Mibikuri Miss Phoebe North And South- Port Mourant Moleson Creek New Amsterdam New Hampshire Number 43 (Joppa) Number 46 Number 48 (Floyd Ward) Number 55 Number 59 Number 60 Number 61 Number 62 Number 63 (Benab) Number 64 (Babylon) Number 67 Number 68 (Carnarvon) Number 69 (Friendship) Number 70 (Massiah) Nurney Orealla (Oreala, Orealla Mission) Port Mourant (Port Mourant Village) Portuguese Quarters - Port Mourant Reliance Rising (Rising Sun, Number 47) Rose Hall Skeldon (Skeldon Place) Smythfield Springlands (Springlands Place, Eliza and Mary) Stanleytown Tain Settlement - Port Mourant Tain Resource - Port Mourant Train Line Dam - Port Mourant Ulverston Whim Williamsburg Yakusari