Guyana
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The Co-operative Republic of Guyana is a country in South America. It is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world (seven hundred thousand people live there inside its over 200,000 km2 of area). Georgetown is the capital; like most of the country's settlements, it is located on a flat coastal plain that goes from north-west to south-east.
Guyana's current leader is Bharrat Jagedo. The country gained independence from the United Kingdom on May 26, 1966 (before which it was called British Guiana).
Guyana is a republic with commonwealth.
[edit] External links
- President's Official Website
- Guyana in the News
- Travel information on Guyana
- An unique site about Guyana
- BBC's profile
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| Caribbean Community (CARICOM) |
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| Antigua and Barbuda | Bahamas¹ | Barbados | Belize | Dominica | Grenada | Guyana | Haiti | Jamaica | Montserrat | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Lucia | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Suriname | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Associate members: Anguilla | Bermuda | Cayman Islands | British Virgin Islands | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Observer countries: Aruba | Colombia | Dominican Republic | Mexico | Netherlands Antilles | Puerto Rico | Venezuela |
| ¹ Member of the community but not the Caribbean (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy. |
| Countries and territories of South America |
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| Independent: Argentina | Bolivia | Brazil | Chile | Colombia | Ecuador | Guyana | Paraguay | Peru | Suriname | Uruguay | Venezuela |
| Governed by other countries: Falkland Islands | French Guiana | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
