A report on Guyana
Country on the northern mainland of South America.
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Chinese Guyanese
0 linksImportant minority of the indentured workforce.
Important minority of the indentured workforce.
After their indenture, many who stayed on in Guyana came to be known as successful retailers, with considerable integration with the local culture.
Languages of the Caribbean
1 linksThe languages of the Caribbean reflect the region's diverse history and culture.
The languages of the Caribbean reflect the region's diverse history and culture.
English (official language of Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico (which, despite being part of the United States, as an American territory, has an insubstantial anglophone contingent), Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina (Colombia), Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, and U.S. Virgin Islands)
Courantyne River
2 linksThe Courantyne/Corentyne/Corantijn River is a river in northern South America in Suriname and Guyana.
British Empire
2 linksComposed of the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.
Composed of the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.
Britain was again the beneficiary of peace treaties: France ceded the Ionian Islands, Malta (which it had occupied in 1798), Mauritius, St Lucia, the Seychelles, and Tobago; Spain ceded Trinidad; the Netherlands ceded Guyana, Ceylon and the Cape Colony, while the Danish ceded Heligoland.
English-based creole languages
2 linksCreole language for which English was the lexifier, meaning that at the time of its formation the vocabulary of English served as the basis for the majority of the creole's lexicon.
Creole language for which English was the lexifier, meaning that at the time of its formation the vocabulary of English served as the basis for the majority of the creole's lexicon.
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Guianan mangroves
1 linksThe Guianan mangroves (NT1411) is a coastal ecoregion of southeastern Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.
Kanashen
1 linksThe Kanashen (or Konashen) Community Owned Conservation (COCA) is Guyana's first community-owned area that is legally protected; it is primarily inhabited by the Wai-Wai indigenous group.
Akawaio people
0 linksThe Akawaio are an indigenous people who live in Roraima (Brazil), Guyana, and Venezuela.
Irfaan Ali
2 linksGuyanese politician and the president of Guyana.
Guyanese politician and the president of Guyana.
Ali was born to an Indo-Guyanese Muslim family in Leonora, a village in the West Coast Demarara region of Guyana.
Bush dog
1 linksCanine found in Central and South America.
Canine found in Central and South America.
In spite of its extensive range, it is very rare in most areas except in Suriname, Guyana and Peru; it was first identified by Peter Wilhelm Lund from fossils in Brazilian caves and was believed to be extinct.