the region is in the west of the country. it has an area of 20,051 km². as of the 2012 census, 10,190 people lived there. it borders the region of cuyuni-mazaruni to the north, the regions of upper demerara-berbice and east berbice-corentyne to the east, the region of upper takutu-upper essequibo to the south and brazil to the west.