Pomeroon-Supenaam

Pomeroon-Supenaam (Region 2) is a region of Esequiban Guyana, a territory in dispute by Guyana and Venezuela. Venezuela claims the territory as part of Delta Amacuro state.

Pomeroon-Supenaam

Region 2
Administrative Region
Flag
Map of Guyana showing Pomeroon-Supenaam region
Country Guyana Claimed by Venezuela (as part of Delta Amacuro state)[1]
Regional CapitalAnna Regina
Area
 • Total6,195 km2 (2,392 sq mi)
Population
 (2012 census)
 • Total46,810
 • Density7.6/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-4
[2]

It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the region of Essequibo Islands-West Demerara to the east, the region of Cuyuni-Mazaruni to the south and the region of Barima-Waini to the west. Pomeroon-Supenaam contains the towns of Anna Regina, Charity, Pickersgill, Spring Garden and Suddie. In 2012, an Official Census by the Government of Guyana listed the population of the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region at 46,810.[3]

There are three lakes on the Essequibo Coast - Capoey, Mainstay and Hot and Cold. Capoey is near Anna Regina. The 3 lakes symbolize three of the standard elements, with earth being represented by the land.

Population

The Government of Guyana has administered three official censuses since the 1980 administrative reforms, in 1980, 1991 and 2002.[4] In 2002, the population of Pomeroon-Supenaam was recorded at 49,253 people.[3] Official census records for the population of the Pomeroon-Supenaam region are as follows:

  • 2012 : 46,810
  • 2002 : 49,253
  • 1991 : 43,455
  • 1980 : 42,341

Communities

(including name variants):

  • Aberdeen
  • Abrams Zuil
  • Adventure
  • Affiance
  • Airy Hall
  • Akawini Mission
  • Amazon
  • Andrews
  • Anna Regina
  • Annandale
  • Aurora
  • Aurora Estate
  • Bel Alliance
  • Bethany
  • Better Hope
  • Better Success
  • Bounty Hall
  • Capoey
  • Charity
  • Columbia
  • Cotton Field
  • Cullen
  • Danielstown
  • Dartmouth
  • Dawa
  • Devonshire Castle
  • Dryshore
  • Durung Bang
  • Eurowa
  • Fair Field
  • Fear Not
  • Golden Fleece (Golden Fleece Plantation)
  • Good Hope
  • Hampton Court
  • Henritta
  • Hibernia
  • Hoff Van Aurich
  • Huis'T Dieren
  • Issororo
  • Johanna Cecilia
  • Kabakaburi
  • La Union
  • Land of Plenty
  • Lima
  • Little Alliance
  • Machabo
  • Maria's Lodge
  • Marlborough
  • Middlesex
  • New Road
  • Onderneeming
  • Paradise
  • Perseverance
  • Perth
  • Pomona
  • Queenstown (Queenstown Village)
  • Reliance
  • Richmond
  • Riverstown
  • Saint Nicholas (Saint Nicholas Mission)
  • Simiri
  • Sirikie
  • Somerset and Berks
  • Sparta
  • Spring Garden
  • Suddie
  • Supenaam
  • Taymouth Manor
  • Three Friends
  • Wakapau Village
  • Walton Hall
  • Windsor Castle
  • Zorg
  • Zorg-en-Vlygt
  • Henrietta Catholic Church
  • Mainstay Lake
  • Lima Sands Primary School
  • Capoey Lake
  • Siriki Creek

Notable people

See also

References
  1. "Official Announcements". Archived from the original on 8 September 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  2. Macmillan Publishers (2009). "Administrative Regions - 2 and 3". Macmillan Junior Atlas: Guyana. Oxford: Macmillan Caribbean. p. 34. ISBN 9780333934173.
  3. Beaie, Sonkarley Tiatun (19 September 2007). "National Population Trends: Size, Growth and Distribution" (PDF Download). 2002 Population and Housing Census - Guyana National Report. Bureau of Statistics. p. 25. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  4. Beaie, Sonkarley Tiatun (19 September 2007). "Chapter 3: National Redistribution and Internal Migration" (PDF). 2002 Population and Housing Census - Guyana National Report. Bureau of Statistics. p. 51. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.

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