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Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo

Region N.9 according to the administrative political division controlled by Guyana and claimed by Venezuela
AdministrativeArea region_of_guyana Q1516381

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
region of Guyana, disputed territory[6]
Country
Guyana[5]
Located in
Guyana, Guayana Esequiba, Venezuela
Coordinate location
🗺️ 2.901°, -58.935°[12]
Area
57750.0
Capital
Lethem[7]
Coordinates
🗺️ 2.901°, -58.935°
Geoshape
🗺️ View shape: Guyana/Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo
Language used
Mawayana, Wapishana, Mapidian, Atorada, Taruma, Waiwai, Macushi, Patamona
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Guyana, Guayana Esequiba, Venezuela[2][3][4]
Population
29,944[13]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 29,944 GeoNames 17,706 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
Shares border with
East Berbice-Corentyne, Potaro-Siparuni, Roraima, Pará[8][9][10][11]
Territory claimed by
Venezuela[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Alto Tacutu-Alto Esequibo en Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo ar أبر كاتوكو - أبر ايسيكوبيو de GY-UT el Άπερ Τακούτου-Άπερ Εσεκουίμπο es Alto Takutu-Alto Essequibo es Alto Tacutu Alto Esequibo es Alto Takutu-Alto Esequibo es Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo fa تاکوتو بالا- اسیکوییبو بالا fr Haut-Takutu-Haut-Essequibo fr Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo hi ऊपरी टकूटू-ऊपरी एसेकिबो id Takutu Hulu-Essequibo Hulu ja アッパー・タクトゥ＝アッパー・エセキボ州 ko 어퍼타쿠투어퍼에세키보주 nl Upper Takuta-Upper Essequibo pt Alto Tacutu-Alto Essequibo ru Аппер-Такуту-Аппер-Эссекибо ru Верхний Такуту-Верхний Эссекуибо
🔖 Identifiers · 13
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Lethem.jpg ↗
FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)
GY19
Freebase ID
/m/07p670
GNS Unique Feature ID
-923455
GeoNames ID
3375463
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
7002569
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
upper-takutu-upper-essequibo
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0457055
INaturalist place ID
10714
ISO 3166-2 code
GY-UT
OpenStreetMap relation ID
7108944
Topic's main category
Category:Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo
Show all 13 identifiers +1
Who's on First ID
85671745

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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 12
Guayana Esequiba, Lethem, Lethem Airport, Rupununi savannah, Surama, Kuyuwini River, Lumid Pau Airport, Aishalton Airport +4 more
Language used 7
Waiwai, Wapishana, Macushi, Mawayana, Atorada, Taruma, Patamona
← Indigenous to 7
Waiwai, Wapishana, Macushi, Mawayana, Atorada, Taruma, Patamona
Shares border with 4
Pará, Roraima, East Berbice-Corentyne, Potaro-Siparuni
← Shares border with 4
Pará, Roraima, East Berbice-Corentyne, Potaro-Siparuni
Located in the administrative territorial entity 3
Venezuela, Guyana, Guayana Esequiba
Instance of 2
region of Guyana, disputed territory
Capital 1
Lethem
Country 1
Guyana
Located in this place 1
Rupununi Uprising
Territory claimed by 1
Venezuela
Topic's main category 1
Category:Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo
← Capital of 1
Lethem
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Guyana
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Summary

Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo is a region of Guyana[1].

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Geography

Located in include Guyana[2], a sovereign state[15], in Guyana[16], founded in 1966[17]; Guayana Esequiba[3], a disputed territory[18], in Guyana[19]; and Venezuela[4], a sovereign state[20], founded in 1811[21].

Physical Characteristics

Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo's area is recorded as 57750 km²[22].

Related Entities

Guyana Venezuela

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . statisticsguyana.gov.gy. Retrieved . statisticsguyana.gov.gy. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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