Pomeroon-Supenaam

{{short description|Region of Guyana}}

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| footnotes = {{cite book|last=Macmillan Publishers|title=Macmillan Junior Atlas: Guyana|year=2009|publisher=Macmillan Caribbean|location=Oxford|isbn=9780333934173|page=34|chapter=Administrative Regions - 2 and 3}}

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Pomeroon-Supenaam (Region 2) is a region of Guyana.

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 town of Anna Regina and the villages of 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.{{cite web|last=Beaie|first=Sonkarley Tiatun|title=National Population Trends: Size, Growth and Distribution|url=http://www.statisticsguyana.gov.gy/census.html#popcenfinal|work=2002 Population and Housing Census – Guyana National Report|publisher=Bureau of Statistics|accessdate=29 August 2012|page=25|format=PDF Download|date=19 September 2007}}

There are three lakes on the Essequibo Coast: Capoey (near Anna Regina), Mainstay and Hot and Cold. The three 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.{{cite web|last=Beaie|first=Sonkarley Tiatun|title=Chapter 3: National Redistribution and Internal Migration|url=http://www.statisticsguyana.gov.gy/pubs/Chapter3_Population_Redistribution_Internal_Migration.pdf|work=2002 Population and Housing Census – Guyana National Report|publisher=Bureau of Statistics|accessdate=29 August 2012|page=51|format=PDF|date=19 September 2007|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217151423/http://www.statisticsguyana.gov.gy/pubs/Chapter3_Population_Redistribution_Internal_Migration.pdf|archivedate=17 February 2012|url-status=dead}} In 2002, the population of Pomeroon-Supenaam was recorded at 49,253 people. 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):{{cite web|url=https://statisticsguyana.gov.gy/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Population_By_Village_2012.zip |title=2012 Population by Village|website=Statistics Guyana|access-date=8 December 2021}}

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Territorial claim

Venezuela has renewed its claim to the Essequibo region, west of the Essequibo river.{{cite web|url=http://esequibo.mppre.gob.ve/|title=Official Announcements|access-date=28 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908154936/http://esequibo.mppre.gob.ve/|archive-date=8 September 2016|url-status=dead}} The controversial status of the border is subject to the Geneva Agreement, which was signed by the United Kingdom, Venezuela and British Guiana on February 17, 1966.

Gallery

Henrietta Catholic Church — 1840 - panoramio.jpg|Henrietta Catholic Church

Mainstay Lake - panoramio (1).jpg|Mainstay Lake

Lima Sands Primary School - panoramio.jpg|Lima Sands Primary School

Capoey Lake HDR - panoramio.jpg|Capoey Lake

Siriki Creek - Pomeroon - panoramio.jpg|Siriki Creek

Notable people

{{Main|Category:People from Pomeroon-Supenaam}}

References

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