Guyana
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Guyana, offeecially kent as the Co-operative Republic o Guyana, an previously kent as Breetish Guiana, is a state on the northren coast o Sooth Americae that is culturally pairt o the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana is a umwhile colony o the Breetish, Dutch an, for a brief period, the French. It is the anely state o the Commonwalth o Naitions on mainland Sooth Americae, an is forby a member o the Caribbean Commonty (CARICOM), that haes its secretariat heidquarters in Guyana's caipital, Georgetoun. Guyana achieved unthirldom fae the Unitit Kinrick on 26 Mey 1966 an becam a republic on 23 Februar 1970.[8]
Co-operative Republic o Guyana | |
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Motto: "One People, One Nation, One Destiny" | |
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Caipital and largest city | Georgetown 6°46′N 58°10′W / 6.767°N 58.167°W |
Offeecial leids | Inglis |
Recognised regional leids | |
Vernacular leid | Guyanese Creole |
Ither leids | |
Ethnic groups (2002) |
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Demonym(s) | Guyanese |
Govrenment | Unitar presidential republic |
• Preses | Irfaan Ali |
Mark Phillips | |
Legislatur | Naitional Assembly |
Formation | |
1667–1814 | |
1814–1966 | |
26 Mey 1966 | |
• Republic | 23 Februar 1970 |
6 October 1980 | |
Aurie | |
• Total | 214,970 km2 (83,000 sq mi) (85t) |
• Water (%) | 8.4 |
Population | |
• 2016 estimate | 735,909[3] (165t) |
• 2012 census | 747,884[4] |
• Density | 3.502/km2 (9.1/sq mi) (232nt or 8t least-densely populatit in the warld) |
GDP (PPP) | 2016 estimate |
• Total | $6.093 billion[5] |
• Per capita | $7,919[5] |
GDP (nominal) | 2016 estimate |
• Tot | $3.456 billion[5] |
• Per capita | $4,492[5] |
Gini (1998) | 44.5[6] medium |
HDI (2015) | ![]() medium · 127t |
Currency | Guyanese dollar (GYD) |
Time zone | UTC-4 (GYT (Guyana Time)) |
Drivin side | caur |
Cawin code | +592 |
ISO 3166 code | GY |
Internet TLD | .gy |
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Gallarie
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Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)
References
eedit- ↑ "CHAPTER II: POPULATION COMPOSITION" (PDF). StatisticsGuyana. Government of Guyana. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 21 Julie 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 21 Julie 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ "The World Factbook: Guyana". CIA. Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 6 Januar 2014.
- ↑ Guyana 2012 Census Archived 6 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine GeoHive– Guyana. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- ↑ a b c d "Guyana". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 18 Apryle 2013.
- ↑ "GINI index (World Bank estimate)". World Bank. Archived frae the original on 9 Februar 2015. Retrieved 22 Julie 2015. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2017.
- ↑ "Guyana: country profile". The Commonwealth yearbook. Commonwealth Secretariat. London: Hanson Cooke Ltd for the Commonwealth Secretariat. ISBN 978-1-908609-19-9. OCLC 1101219008.CS1 maint: others (link)
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