Bartica

Bartica
Bartica
Town and regional capital
	View of Bartica in January 2024
	Etymology: Red Earth
	Nickname: Gateway to the Interior
	Bartica Location in Guyana
	Coordinates: 06°24′N 58°37′W / 6.400°N 58.617°W
Country	Guyana
Region	Cuyuni-Mazaruni
Population (2012)
• Total	8,004
Demonym	Bartician
Climate	Af

Bartica is a town located on the left bank of the Essequibo River in Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region 7), at the confluence of the Cuyuni and Mazaruni Rivers with the Essequibo River in Guyana. It is the regional capital of Cuyuni-Mazaruni.^[2]

Considered the "Gateway to the Interior", the town has a population of 8,004 as of 2012,^[1] and is the launching point for people who work in the bush, mining gold and diamonds.^[3]

^ ^a ^b "2012 Population by Village". Statistics Guyana. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
^ "Capital towns and economic development". Ministry of Communities. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
^ "Gold and Diamond Mining in Guyana". Buy Gold Online. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

[census2012-1] "2012 Population by Village". Statistics Guyana. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

[2] "Capital towns and economic development". Ministry of Communities. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2020.

[3] "Gold and Diamond Mining in Guyana". Buy Gold Online. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

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