What is Essequibo Islands-West Demerara?
[[Image:Essequibo Islands-West Demerara in Guyana.svg|thumb|Map of Guyana showing Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region]] '''Essequibo Islands-West Demerara''' (Region 3) is a partial [[Regions of Guyana|region]] of [[Guayana Esequiba|Esequiban Guyana]], a territory in dispute by [[Guyana]] and [[Venezuela]]. It is split in two by the [[Essequibo River]], Venezuela claims the territory to the west of [[Essequibo river]] as part of [[Delta Amacuro]] state. The regional capital is [[Vreed en Hoop]]. The region is in the north of the country. It has an area of 3,755 km². As of the 2012 census, 107,416 people lived there. It borders the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the north, the region of [[Demerara-Mahaica]] and [[Demerara River]] to the east, the region of [[Upper Demerara-Berbice]] to the south and the region of [[Pomeroon-Supenaam]] to the west. {{Regions of Guyana}} {{coord|6|42|N|58|32|W|display=title}} {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Regions of Guyana]]