Bartica

Bartica
Town and regional capital
View of Bartica in January 2024
View of Bartica in January 2024
Etymology: Red Earth
Nickname: 
Gateway to the Interior
Bartica is located in Guyana
Bartica
Bartica
Location in Guyana
Coordinates: 06°24′N 58°37′W / 6.400°N 58.617°W / 6.400; -58.617
Country Guyana
RegionCuyuni-Mazaruni
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total8,004
DemonymBartician
ClimateAf

Bartica is a town located on the west bank of the Essequibo River in Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region 7), at the confluence of the Cuyuni and Mazaruni Rivers with the Essequibo River in Guyana. It is the regional capital of Cuyuni-Mazaruni.[2]

Considered the "Gateway to the Interior", the town has a population of 8,004 as of 2012,[1] and is the launching point for people who work in the bush, mining gold and diamonds.[3]

Third Avenue in Bartica central area
  1. ^ a b "2012 Population by Village". Statistics Guyana. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Capital towns and economic development". Ministry of Communities. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Gold and Diamond Mining in Guyana". Buy Gold Online. Retrieved 16 August 2020.