Explore Guyana in South America
Description and Basic Information
Guyana with its capital Georgetown is located in South America (Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean). It covers some 214,971 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Idaho) with 770,000 citizens. English is the language spoken by people in Guyana. Suriname, Brazil and Venezuela are bordering countries.
Pictures from Georgetown (Capital) 
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Grove
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Georgetown, Guyana
© Sushchenko Gennadiy
Grove
© Tayloran3
New Hope
© KhanSophiaGuyana
New Hope
© KhanSophiaGuyana
About Guyana
The topography featuresmostly rolling highlands with low coastal plain and savanna in south. The average density of population is about 3 per km². The climate in can be described as tropical with hot, humid, moderated by northeast trade winds, two rainy seasons (May to August, November to January). Potential natural disasters are flash floods are a constant threat during rainy seasons.
To reach someone in Guyana dial +592 prior to a number. There are 130,000 installed telephones. And there are 281,400 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".gy". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 240V - 60Hz.
The country consists of 10 regions/states which are listed below.
Regions/States of Guyana
Tourism Information
Official Tourism Office
Website: Guyana Tourism
229 South Road
Lacytown
Georgetown
Phone: +592 226 2505
Fax: +592 225 4310
Demographic Information
Age Distribution in Guyana
Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.
Birthrate
The number of people born in Guyana has declined over the last 10 years by 7.3 births per thousand from 24.9 in 2001 to 17.6 in 2010. Currently, 13,181 children are born each year.
Natural Deathrate
The number of people naturally dying in Guyana has declined over the last 10 years by 1.7 deaths per thousand from 8.9 in 2001 to 7.2 in 2010. Currently, 5,419 people die each year.
Natural Population Growth
Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Guyana is shrinking at an rate of 0.55% (or by 4,087 citizens). Each year 11,849 people leave this country (or 15.80 per thousand citizens) - making it an emmigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 1.04%. Or an total increase of 7,762 citizens.
Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.
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