Potaro-Siparuni is a region in Guyana

Guyana

Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...

, bordering the region of Cuyuni-Mazaruni

Cuyuni-Mazaruni

Cuyuni-Mazaruni is a region of Esequiban Guyana, a territory in dispute by Guyana and Venezuela, bordering 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 Brazil to...

 to the north, the regions of Upper Demerara-Berbice

Upper Demerara-Berbice

Upper Demerara-Berbice is a region of Guyana, bordering the regions of Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, Demerara-Mahaica and Mahaica-Berbice to the north, the region of East Berbice-Corentyne to the east, and the regions of Potaro-Siparuni and Cuyuni-Mazaruni to the west.It contains Guyana's...

 and East Berbice-Corentyne

East Berbice-Corentyne

East Berbice-Corentyne is one of ten regions in Guyana covering the whole of the east of the country. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Suriname to the east, Brazil to the south and the regions of Mahaica-Berbice, Upper Demerara-Berbice, Potaro-Siparuni and Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo...

 to the east, the region of Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo

Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo

Upper Takutu-Upper Esequibo is a region of Guyana in the Zona de Reclamación by Venezuela, bordering the region of Potaro-Siparuni to the north, the region of East Berbice-Corentyne to the east and Brazil to the south and west. It contains the towns Lethem, Isherton, Good Hope and Surama. It is...

 to the south and Brazil

Brazil

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 to the west.

The main towns in the region are Kangaruma, Orinduik

Orinduik

Orinduik is a diamond mining community in the Potaro-Siparuni region of Guyana, located at . Orinduik has a population of about 400 people. Orinduik Falls is a popular tourist attraction....

, Potaro Landing, Mahdia

Mahdia, Guyana

Mahdia is a small community in the Potaro-Siparuni region of Guyana, located near the centre of the country at an altitude of . Commerce is centred around the area's gold and diamond mining operations...

, Saveretik and Tumatumari

Tumatumari

Tumatumari is a community in the Potaro-Siparuni Region of Guyana, located some 15 km upstream of the confluence of the Potaro and Essequibo Rivers. It was initially an Amerindian settlement but is now a mixture of different race groups similar to that of Mahdia. The Amerindians found here are...

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Population

Potaro-Siparuni's population was 10,095 in 2002 (Official census).

• 2002 : 10,095
• 1991 : 5,615
• 1980 : 4,485

Communities

(including name variants):

• Arnik Village
• Campbelltown
  Campbelltown, Guyana
  Campbelltown is an Amerindian village in the Potaro-Siparuni Region of Guyana, north of Mahdia It is managed by the Village Captain , a Vice Captain and five councilors. This community has a population of 219 persons, being Amerindians and mixed people of part Amerindian descent. The residents of...
  
  
• Chenapou (Chenapowu Village)
• El Paso
  El Paso, Guyana
  El Paso is a village in the Potaro-Siparuni Region of Guyana, to the west of Tumatumari Landing. There are approximately 40 households in this village. Its inhabitants are Amerindians and people of mixed race. The Amerindians are members of the Macchusi, Akaweyo and Wapishana tribes...
  
  
• Enaruko Village
• Holmia
• Ipichau (Ipishau, Ipisháu, Ipisiau Village)
• Itabac
• Kamana Village
• Kanapang Village
• Kangaruma
• Karisparu Village
• Kato (Kato Village, Karto)
• Kopinang Mission
• Kukuieng (Kukui-Eng Village)
• Kurikebaru (Kurikebary, Kurukabaru, Kurukabaru Village)
• Mahdia
  Mahdia, Guyana
  Mahdia is a small community in the Potaro-Siparuni region of Guyana, located near the centre of the country at an altitude of . Commerce is centred around the area's gold and diamond mining operations...
  
  
• Maicobi
  Maicobi
  Maicobi is village in Potaro-Siparuni, Guyana, on the right bank of the Potaro River near Tumatumari.-Demographics:The population of the village is 75 in about 30 households...
  
  
• Makari
• Monkey Mountain
• Orinduik
• Owenteik
• Paramakatoi
  Paramakatoi
  Paramakatoi is a community in the Potaro-Siparuni Region of Guyana, located at , Altitude 970 metres. It is 11 miles east of Kurukabaru.Paramakatoi functions as a regional centre for the catchment area.There is an airfield at Paramakatoi....
  
   (Paramahatoi)
• Potaro Landing
• Princeville
  Princeville, Guyana
  Princeville is an Amerindian community in the Potaro-Siparuni Region of Guyana. It is located some 12 miles away from Mahdia along the Potaro River. It has a population of 180 persons consisting only of Amerindians. Most of the Amerindians found here are from the Patamona and Wapishana tribes....
  
  
• Puwa (Puwa Village)
• Saint Mary (Saint Mary's)
• Saveretik
• Sisipelin (Sisipelin Village)
• Taruka
• Tumatumari
  Tumatumari
  Tumatumari is a community in the Potaro-Siparuni Region of Guyana, located some 15 km upstream of the confluence of the Potaro and Essequibo Rivers. It was initially an Amerindian settlement but is now a mixture of different race groups similar to that of Mahdia. The Amerindians found here are...
  
  
• Tumatumari Landing
  Tumatumari Landing
  Tumatumari Landing is a small community in the Potaro-Siparuni Region of Guyana, across the Potaro River from Tumatumari, near the Konawaruk Road. The area has a great degree of racial integration. Persons of African descent who represent approximately one-half of the population, moved to the...
  
  
• Velgrad
• Waipa Village
• Wandaik (Wandaik Village)
• Wandapa (Wandapa Village, Waudapa Village)
• Wiapri