Cuyuni-Mazaruni

Cuyuni-Mazaruni
Region 7
Administrative Region
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Map of Guyana showing Cuyuni-Mazaruni region
Country Guyana
Claimed by  Venezuela
Regional CapitalBartica
Area
 • Total
47,213 km2 (18,229 sq mi)
Population
 (2022 census)
 • Total
30,324
 • Density0.64228/km2 (1.6635/sq mi)

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.

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