Cuyuni-Mazaruni
Region 7 | |
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Administrative Region | |
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 Map of Guyana showing Cuyuni-Mazaruni region | |
| Country |  GuyanaClaimed by  Venezuela |
| Regional Capital | Bartica |
| Area | |
| • Total | 47,213 km2 (18,229 sq mi) |
| Population (2012 census) | |
| • Total | 20,280 |
| • Density | 0.43/km2 (1.1/sq mi) |
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Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region 7) is a region of Guyana. Its capital is Bartica, with villages including Issano, Kartabo, Kamarang, and Imbaimadai.
It borders the regions of Barima-Waini, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara and Pomeroon-Supenaam to the north, the region of Upper Demerara-Berbice to the east, the region of Potaro-Siparuni, and borders the Brazilian state of Roraima to the south.
It covers an area of 47,213 km². Before the 1980 administrative reform most of the area belonged to the Mazaruni-Potaro district.[2]
- ^ Macmillan Publishers (2009). "Administrative Regions - 1 and 7". Macmillan Junior Atlas: Guyana. Oxford: Macmillan Caribbean. p. 36. ISBN 9780333934173.
- ^ "Guyana Regions". Statoids. Retrieved 19 August 2020.