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Guyana

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Co-operative Republic o Guyana

Motto: "One People, One Nation, One Destiny"
Location o Guyana
Caipital
and largest city
Georgetown
6°46′N 58°10′W / 6.767°N 58.167°W / 6.767; -58.167
Offeecial leidsInglis
Recognised regional leids
Vernacular
leid
Guyanese Creole
Ither leids
Ethnic groups
(2002)
Releegion
[2]
Demonym(s)Guyanese
GovrenmentUnitar presidential republic
• Preses
Irfaan Ali
Mark Phillips
LegislaturNaitional 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)Steady 0.638[7]
medium · 127t
CurrencyGuyanese dollar (GYD)
Time zoneUTC-4 (GYT (Guyana Time))
Drivin sidecaur
Cawin code+592
ISO 3166 codeGY
Internet TLD.gy
Territorial organization

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]

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References

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  1. "CHAPTER II: POPULATION COMPOSITION" (PDF). StatisticsGuyana. Government of Guyana. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 21 Julie 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 21 Julie 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "The World Factbook: Guyana". CIA. Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 6 Januar 2014.
  4. Guyana 2012 Census Archived 6 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine GeoHive– Guyana. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  5. a b c d "Guyana". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 18 Apryle 2013.
  6. "GINI index (World Bank estimate)". World Bank. Archived frae the original on 9 Februar 2015. Retrieved 22 Julie 2015. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)
  7. "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2017.
  8. "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)