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Category:	Cultures and Community
Created:	Jul 5, 2006
Type:	Public
Members:	539
Owner:	Tenesia Teri-Ann
Language:	English
Country:	Guyana

For all Guyanese who remembers where there from and stay true to their culture, fashion, and accents lol

Guyana is situated on the north- eastern coast of the continent of South America between l degree and 9 degrees north latitude, and 57 degrees and 61 degrees west longitude. It is bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on the east by Suriname, on the south and southwest by Brazil, and on the northwest by Venezuela. Its coastline stretches for some 270 miles and it extends inland for about 450 miles. About 35 percent of the country, the area approximately below 4 degrees north latitude, lies within the Amazon Basin. Guyana Standard Time is four hours behind Greenwich Mean Time and one hour ahead of Eastern Standard Time. (GMT-4). The area of Guyana is 83,000 square miles (215,000 square kilometers), which is slightly larger than the state of Idaho or slightly smaller than the United Kingdom, excluding Northern Ireland.



"The National Flag"
The National Flag of Guyana is called "The Golden Arrowhead". It bears five colors - red, black, yellow, white and green The flag has the unique design of two triangles (one within the other) issuing from the same base. The outer triangle is gold-colored (arrow-shaped) with a narrow border of white along two sides. The inner triangle is red with a narrow strip of black bordering the sides. The background of the flag is green, representing the agricultural and forested nature of Guyana. The white border represents the rivers and water potential. The golden arrow represents Guyana's mineral wealth and the black border, the endurance that will sustain the forward thrust of the Guyanese people. The red of the flag represents the zeal and dynamic nature of nation-building which lies before the young and independent Guyana.

Profile
Tropical rain forest shrouds more than 80 percent of this English-speaking former British colony on the north coast of South America. During 150 years of rule, Britain imported Africans and East Indians as laborers, and Guyana forged close trade ties with the Caribbean. Since independence in 1966, Guyanese have supported a parliamentary system.
Industry: bauxite, sugar, rice milling, timber, textiles.
Agriculture: sugar, rice, wheat, vegetable oils; beef; shrimp.
Exports: sugar, gold, bauxite/alumina, rice, shrimp. Guyana's high debt burden to foreign creditors and territorial disputes with Suriname and Venezuela continue to hamper the government.

Population
765,000 Capital and Population
Georgetown; 231,000
Area
214,969 square kilometers
(83,000 square miles)
Language
English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Hindi, Urdu
Religion
Christian, Hindu, Muslim Currency
Guyanese dollar
Life Expectancy
63
GDP per Capita
U.S. $3,800
Literacy Percent
99