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Adventure is a village located in the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region of Guyana, on the Atlantic coast, at sea level, one mile south of Onderneeming.. Region 5 and 6 both also have villages called 'Adventure' in the 2012 census.
Triumph is a village and regional capital of the Demerara-Mahaica region in Guyana. Paradise used to be the regional capital, however the administrative building burnt down in 2006. In 2009, a decision was made to rebuild in Triumph, which has therefore become the regional capital.
Onderneeming started as a plantation. After the abolitionism of slavery in 1833, [2] Indian indentured workers were brought to Guyana. The old Dutch fortress at Onderneeming housed the Indian Immigration Office. [3] Until the start of the 21st century, Onderneeming was a little village with a population of 150 people. [4]
Anna Regina is the capital of the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region of Guyana. [2] Anna Regina stands on the Atlantic coast, northwest of the mouth of the Essequibo River, 19 km north of Adventure, and was established as a town in 1970. [3] Its population was 2,064 in 2012. [1]
Kwakwani is a mining and logging village on the Berbice River in the Upper Demerara-Berbice Region of Guyana. [2] Its altitude is 44 metres (147 feet). Kwakwani is approximately 100 km south of Linden. In 1942, the Berbice Bauxite Company opened a Bauxite Mining in the area which is the main industry of the village. [3]
Annandale is a community in the Demerara-Mahaica region of Guyana, located on the Atlantic Ocean between Buxton, and Lusignan.Many of the inhabitants originally came from the Lusignan estate, [2] while the former slaves of the plantation, bought the neighbouring Orange Nassau plantation and named it Buxton. [3]
Hogg Island, (sometimes referred to as Hog Island) [2] is the largest of the hundreds of islands in the Essequibo River in Guyana, it is located just 5 km from the river's mouth in its estuary into the Atlantic Ocean. With a total area of 60 square kilometres (23 sq mi) this island is larger than many Caribbean islands.
Kumaka is a village in the East Berbice–Corentyne region of Guyana. It stands on the right bank of the upper Essequibo River , about 35 km above Apoteri and the confluence of the Rupununi River with the Essequibo, at an elevation of 105 metres (344 ft).