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Guyana | Language, People, Oil Discovery | Britannica Guyana, country located in the northeastern corner of South America Indigenous peoples inhabited Guyana prior to European settlement, and their name for the land, guiana (“land of water”), gave the country its name Present-day Guyana reflects its British and Dutch colonial past and its reactions to that past It is the only English-speaking country of South America
Guyana - Colonialism, Independence, Culture | Britannica Guyana - Colonialism, Independence, Culture: The first human inhabitants of Guyana probably entered the highlands during the 1st millennium bce Among the earliest settlers were groups of Arawak, Carib, and possibly Warao (Warrau) The early communities practiced shifting agriculture supplemented by hunting Explorer Christopher Columbus sighted the Guyana coast in 1498, and Spain subsequently
Guyana summary - Britannica Guyana , officially Co-operative Republic of Guyana formerly (until 1966) British Guiana, Country, northeastern South America Area: 83,011 sq mi (214,999 sq km) Population: (2025 est ) 785,100 Capital: Georgetown More than two-fifths of the people are of South Asian descent; most of the rest are of African, Indian, or mixed ancestry
Guyana - Indigenous, Afro-Guyanese, Indo-Guyanese | Britannica Guyana - Indigenous, Afro-Guyanese, Indo-Guyanese: The Indo-Guyanese (Guyanese of South Asian descent) form the largest ethnic group in the country, representing about two-fifths of the population Their ancestors arrived mostly as indentured labour from India to replace Africans in plantation work Today Indo-Guyanese remain the mainstay of plantation agriculture, and many are independent
Guyana: Facts Stats - Encyclopedia Britannica Guyana is a country located in the northeastern corner of South America Indigenous peoples inhabited it prior to European settlement Their name for the land was guiana (‘land of water’) Today Guyana reflects its British and Dutch colonial past It is the only English-speaking country of South America
French Guiana | History, Geography, Facts | Britannica French Guiana has a developing market economy, patterned on that of metropolitan France and sustained by aid and technical assistance from France A rocket-launching base at Kourou, used by the European Space Agency, is of great importance to the economy, accounting for about one-fourth of the country’s annual gross domestic product (GDP) Services, manufacturing, and construction are the
Guyana - Independence, Ethnicity, Politics | Britannica Guyana - Independence, Ethnicity, Politics: To answer the PNC allegation that the existing electoral system unduly favoured the Indo-Guyanese community, the British government introduced for the elections of December 1964 a new system of proportional representation Thereafter the PNC and a smaller, more conservative party formed a coalition government, led by Burnham, which took the colony
Jim Jones | Biography, Jonestown, Massacre, Peoples Temple, Facts . . . Jim Jones (born May 13, 1931, Crete, near Lynn, Indiana, U S —died November 18, 1978, Jonestown, Guyana) was an American cult leader who promised his followers a utopia in the jungles of South America after proclaiming himself messiah of the Peoples Temple, a San Francisco-based evangelist group He ultimately led his followers into a mass suicide, which left more than 900 dead and came to be
Guyana - Multiethnic, Unitary, Constitutional | Britannica Guyana - Multiethnic, Unitary, Constitutional: Guyana’s current constitution was promulgated on October 6, 1980 The country’s legislative branch consists of a unicameral National Assembly, with 65 elected members (elected by universal adult suffrage for a term of five years) and three nonelected members plus the speaker Forty members of the Assembly are elected from national party lists
Georgetown | Guyana, Map, Population, Facts | Britannica Georgetown, capital city of Guyana The country’s chief port, Georgetown lies on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Demerara River Although founded as a settlement by the British in 1781 and named for George III, the town had been largely rebuilt by the French by 1784 Known during the Dutch