 This is within the historical bounds of Demerara, one of the original, smaller colonies that were joined to become British Guiana, which took the name Guyana upon gaining its independence.More narrowly, traditional geographic terms put Jonestown in the Mahaica district of the East Coast of Demerara — East Coast Demerara or just ECD, for short, in any case meaning that part of Demerara east of the Demerara River and facing the Atlantic Ocean.Thus, when making its location explicit, the village tends to be called "Jonestown, Mahaica" or "Jonestown, Mahaica, ECD", even today, although by current Guyanese administrative regions it is in Demerara-Mahaica.