Mahaica River
The Mahaica River is a small river in northern Guyana that drains into the Atlantic Ocean. The village of Mahaica is found at its mouth. It is one of Guyana's principal coastal streams that also forms a rough border between the Demerara-Mahaica region and the Mahaica-Berbice region.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Guyana
- Also known as: “Mahaika Creek”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Unity, Guyana and Mahaica Village.
Unity, Guyana
Hamlet
Unity is a rural village in the East Coast district of the Demerara-Mahaica region of Guyana. The village is notable for being the birthplace of both Shivnarine Chanderpaul, former captain of the West Indies cricket team and Bharrat Jagdeo, former president of Guyana.
Mahaica Village
Town
Mahaica is a village located in region 4 of Demerara-Mahaica in Guyana. Mahaica is often used as a subregion for the adjoining villages near the Mahaica River like Hand-en-Veldt, Good Hope, Chelsey Park, and Jonestown, which is often referred to as Mahaica or its old Dutch plantation name Voorzigtigheid. Mahaica Village is situated 3 km south of Mahaica River.
Clonbrook
Hamlet
Clonbrook is a village in the Demerara-Mahaica region of Guyana. The village itself has a population of about 1,193 as of 2012. The village is located along the East Coast Highway and is about 16.5 miles from Georgetown and about 6 miles from Mahaica. Clonbrook is situated 4 km northwest of Mahaica River.
Mahaica River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana, South America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Mahaica River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mahaica River”
- French: “Mahaica River”
- French: “Mahaica”
- German: “Mahaica River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Mahaica”
- Japanese: “マハイカ川”
- Spanish: “Río Mahaica”
- Swedish: “Mahaica River”
- Welsh: “Afon Mahaica”
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