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Country Name

Guyana

Country Code

GY GUY

Country Calling Code

+592

Country Profile

A virtual guide to the tropical country formerly known as British Guiana, until 1966 one of many British colonies, but the only possession Britain ever held on the mainland of South America. Guyana is situated in central north of the South American continent with a coastline at the North Atlantic Ocean. Countries with international borders to Guyana are Brazil, Suriname, and Venezuela, and it shares maritime borders with Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados.

Capital Name

Georgetown

Languages

English, Guyanese Creole, Amerindian languages (primarily Carib and Arawak).

Country Currency

Guyanese Dollar (GYD)

Time Zone

Local Time = UTC -4h

Driving (Left/Right)

drives on the left

Population

7.79 lakhs (2018)

Country Area

215,000 sq. km. (83 000 sq. mi.)

Place to Visit

Georgetown, Guyana Boat selling fruits and vegetables, Linden Kanuku Mountains Bartica, Guyana New Amsterdam Port Mourant: trip-suggest Kaieteur Falls, Kaieteur National Park Orinduik Falls, Guyana Essequibo River, Parika Shell Beach, Guyana Mount Roraima Iwokrama Forrest, Guyana Kamarang Great Falls Fair View, Guyana Anna Regina

News

RFS states that, although Guyana’s constitution guarantees free speech and the right to information, officials often use its defamation laws, which provide for fines and up to two years in jail, to silence opposition journalists. According to BBC, Guyanese newspapers are free to criticise the government, although journalists are apt to exercise self-censorship. The Government Information Agency (GINA)-Guyana's Government's communication and information agency. Guyana Chronicle-Guyana News. Kaieteur News-Guyana private daily. Stabroek News-Local News. Weekend Mirror -News magazine online.

Art Culture

Arts & Culture Edgar Mittelholzer - Books from Edgar Mittelholzer Children of Kaywana, the Kwayana Family Trilogy, the story of a family through 350 years of Guyana's history. Philip Moore Well known for his wood sculptures, one of the most original and creative artists of Guyana.

Economy Business

Guyana has rich reserves of bauxite, gold and timber, but it struggles to overcome poverty and attract investment to bolster its small economy. Corruption remains a chronic problem. (Source: BBC) Subsistence agriculture on the basis of primitive methods and mining are Guyana's most important economic activities. The country's top exports are gold, rice, aluminium ore, and raw sugar. Bank of Guyana The Central Bank of the Republic of Guyana, established in 1965. The Guyana Office for Investment GO-Invest is the primary contact for investors and exporters. The office tries to contribute to Guyana’s economic development by promoting and facilitating local and foreign private-sector investment.

Transport

Airline Roraima Airways Domestic airline. Trans Guyana Airways Guyana's leading domestic scheduled carrier.

Tourism

Discover Guyana: Georgetown, the capital. Mount Roraima, the highest of the Pacaraima Mountains, standing in 3 different countries at the triple border point of Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil. Kaieteur National Park with Kaieteur Falls, (the world's widest single drop waterfall, located on the Potaro River). Iwokrama Forest, one of the four last pristine tropical forests in the world. Kanuku Mountains, group of mountains rising out of the Rapununi savanna. Monte Caburaí, jungle adventure on the border of Guyana and the northernmost point of Brazil.

Education

Ministry of Education Guyana Official site of the ministry. Schools of Guyana Links to schools of Guyana. University of Guyana Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology Museum and anthropological research of ancient cultures of Guyana. Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST) Technology for the utilisation of Guyana's natural resources.

Visa Process

NOTES FOR GUYANA VISAS: Maximum Stay: 90 days May be obtained upon arrival BEFORE YOU GO TO GUYANA: Your passport must be valid at least 6 months beyond the completion of this trip Your passport must have at least one blank visa page for entry and exit stamps Your stay may be extended at local immigration for no more than 90 days

Additional Information

Climate: Equatorial tropical. Type: Republic within the Commonwealth. Independence: 26 May 1966; Republic, 23 February 1970. Constitution: 1980 Natural resources: Bauxite, gold, diamonds, hardwood timber, shrimp, fish. Agriculture products: Sugar, rice, wheat, vegetable oils; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; fish, shrimp. Industries: Bauxite, sugar, rice milling, timber, textiles, gold mining. Exports - commodities: sugar, gold, bauxite, alumina, rice, shrimp, molasses, rum, timber Imports - commodities: manufactures, machinery, petroleum, food

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