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Capital and largest city | Georgetown 6°46′N 58°10′W / 6.767°N 58.167°W / 6.767; -58.167 |
Official languages | English |
Guyanese Creole | |
Ethnic groups | East Indian 43.5% Black (African) 30.2% Mixed 16.7% Amerindian 9.1% Other 0.5% |
Demonym(s) | Guyanese |
Government | Unitary Semi-presidential republic |
Mohamed Irfaan Ali | |
Mark Phillips | |
Independence | |
1667–1814 | |
1814–1966 | |
• from the United Kingdom | 26 May 1966 |
• Republic | 23 February 1970 |
Area | |
• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (84th) |
• Water (%) | 8.4 |
Population | |
• July 2010 estimate | 752,9401 (161st) |
• 2002 census | 751,223 |
• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (225th) |
GDP (PPP) | 2010 estimate |
• Total | $5.379 billion |
• Per capita | $6,964 |
GDP (nominal) | 2010 estimate |
• Total | $2.215 billion |
• Per capita | $2,868 |
HDI (2010) | 0.611 medium · 107th |
Currency | Guyanese dollar (GYD) |
Time zone | UTC-4 (GYT Guyana Time) |
Driving side | left |
Calling code | 592 |
ISO 3166 code | GY |
Internet TLD | .gy |
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The Co-operative Republic of Guyana (formerly British Guiana) is a country in South America. It is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world (700,000 people live there inside its over 200,000 km² of area). Georgetown is the capital; like most of the country's settlements, it is on a flat coastal plain that goes from northwest to southeast. Venezuela claims the land west of the Essequibo River as part of Guayana Esequiba.