East Berbice-Corentyne

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East Berbice-Corentyne is a large administrative region in eastern Guyana that includes coastal areas, riverine communities, and interior lands along the border with Suriname.

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Label Occurrences
East Berbice-Corentyne canonical 8

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region
region of Guyana
borders Suriname
capital New Amsterdam
containsSettlementType Amerindian villages
rice farming communities
sugar estate villages
containsTown Corriverton
New Amsterdam
Rose Hall
country Guyana
crossBorderLink ferry crossing to Suriname on the Corentyne River
hasBorderType international border with Suriname
hasBorderWith Atlantic Ocean
Mahaica-Berbice
Potaro-Siparuni
Suriname
Upper Demerara-Berbice
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo
hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
hasEthnicGroup Afro-Guyanese
Indigenous peoples
Indo-Guyanese
hasNameVariant Region 6
includesAreaType coastal areas
interior lands
riverine communities
languageUsed English
Guyanese Creole
largestTown New Amsterdam
locatedIn eastern Guyana
locatedOnRiver Berbice River
Corentyne River
mainEconomicActivity cattle rearing
forestry
rice cultivation
small-scale mining
sugar production
namedAfter Berbice River
Corentyne River
partOf Guyana
religionPracticed Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
subdivisionOf Demerara-Mahaica and Upper Demerara-Berbice (adjacent regions)
subdivisionType region
timezone UTC−04:00

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Berbice River countrySubdivision East Berbice-Corentyne
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo bordersRegion East Berbice-Corentyne
New Amsterdam locatedInAdministrativeTerritory East Berbice-Corentyne
New Amsterdam isRegionalCapitalOf East Berbice-Corentyne
New Amsterdam isAdministrativeCentreOf East Berbice-Corentyne
Upper Demerara-Berbice borderedBy East Berbice-Corentyne
New Amsterdam, Guyana locatedIn East Berbice-Corentyne
New Amsterdam, Guyana isRegionalCapitalOf East Berbice-Corentyne