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Introduction
Hello! --wait, this is South America, shouldn't the phrase be //¡Hola!// ?-- Not in Guyana, which was once a British colony. Guyana is a nation of South America, located on the Northern border, on the Atlantic Ocean. It is above the Equator, and bordered by Suriname, Brazil, and Venezuela.

Sing a Song of Guyana
Guyana's [|national anthem] was written in 1966 by Archibald Leonard Luker, and the musical composition was composed by Robert Cyrill Gladstone Potter. It is called "Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains."

//Dear land of Guyana, of rivers and plains;// //Made rich by the sunshine, and lush by the rains,// //Set gem-like and fair, between mountains and sea,// //Your children salute you, dear land of the free.// //Green land of Guyana, our heroes of yore,// //Both bondsmen and free, laid their bones on your shore.// //This soil so they hallowed, and from them are we,// //All sons of one Mother, Guyana the free.// //Great land of Guyana, diverse though our strains,// //We're born of their sacrifice, heirs of their pains,// //And ours is the glory their eyes did not see,// //One land of six peoples, united and free.// //Dear land of Guyana, to you will we give,// //Our homage, our service, each day that we live;// //God guard you, great Mother, and make us to be// //More worthy our heritage, land of the free....//

Click 'Play' on the video to hear the national anthem MIDI. There aren't any other clips besides the flag. I made the video myself, and the sole purpose was to make the national anthem work. So here you go:

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Location - Where is Guyana?
Guyana is located on the northern Atlantic border of South America, and is bordered by Venezuela, Suriname and Brazil. It is a small country, and part of the grouping called the Guianas. The [|Guianas] are a grouping of three nations in South America (Suriname, French Guiana, and Guyana.) They are culturally unique in the fact that they do not speak Spanish, and vary from the main religion of South America; Roman Catholic.


 * [|Where in the World?]** A political map of Guyana shows it's border on the Atlantic, and it's location next to Suriname and Venezuela.

[|**What Time is it in Guyana?**]

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 * Major Cities in [|Guyana]:**

[|Georgetown] ....Exact Geographical Coordinates: 6 48 N, 58 10 W
 * Capital City:**





Guyana is WEST of Suriname.
 * Relative Location of Guyana:**

Place - What is Guyana?
Guyana is a coastal nation, in the North of South America. While Guyana is an English-speaking nation, the country is rich in culture and heritage, having all sorts of cultures to contribute to its ways.

Guyana is a deeply rainforested region. It's climate is tropical wet, or tropical. Aspects of this climate, as seen in Guyana, are rainforest regions, falling out to a coastal plain along the Atlantic Ocean. The rainforests are set along the center of the country, but most of the population lives to the east, along a fertile plain set against the Atlantic Oean. The climate in the entire regions is generally hot and humid, with two rain seasons.
 * Climate:**





The president of Guyana is [|Bharrat Jagdeo].
 * Political Information**

Guyana is very unique in culture. It is one of the few English-speaking nations of South America. (Or non-Spanish-speaking nations.) The Guyanese are a mixed culture, having many aspects of the cultures of its ethnic groups. Aspects of Indian, African, European, and Native Indian cultures are apparent in the overall culture of Guyana.
 * Culture of Guyana**

Guyanese culture is similar to that of the Caribbean. In fact, it is considered more a part of the Caribbean islands by ways of culture than of South America.


 * (R)** Celebrants celebrate [|Mashramani] in Georgetown.

//INDIAN INFLUENCES:// Indian influences on Guyanese culture include liking of Hindi music and Bollywood. Curry, and other Indian foods are also apparent in Guyanese culture. Hinduism is another Indian influence. Hinduism is a large (35%) religion in Guyana.

//CARIBBEAN INFLUENCES:// Caribbean influences on Guyanese culture include Calypso music, language, and its inclusion in Caricom (Caribbean Community).


 * (L)** Guyana's slave monument in Georgetown. It commemorates the African slave Cuffy's overthrowal of the government with a band of African rebels in 1763. Mashramani is celebrated for the freedom of Guyana, 200 years after Cuffy's revolt.


 * (Below)** Native Amerindian dresses traditionally in Guyana, adorned with feathers and beading.



Santa Rosa is home to Guyana's small but distict Amerindian population.They live traditional lifestyles that have been similar for centuries.

(L)** This photograph is distictly Guyanese. The friends are Muslim and Christian schoolgirls. The mixed cultures are truly apparent!
 * [[image:http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i225/irishcheeseweasel/GuyanaFriends_s.jpg align="left"]]

The Bourda Market in Georgetown.

The population of Guyana is 751,000. (Making it 163 on a list of 237 countries.) Guyana is one of the most sparsley populated nations in South America.
 * [|Facts] At [|A Glance]**

The official language of Guyana is English. Other languages include [|Hindi] and [|Urdu], Southeastern Asian languages spoken in India. Native languages, such as Creolese and [|Wai-Wai], Amerindian languages native to the people of Guyana.

Three common (or major) religions in Guyana are Christianity, Hinduism, and Islam. Christianity makes up about 50% of the population, Hinduism 35%, and Islam 10%. The other portion are indegenous beliefs. (Beliefs of the native peoples not pertaining to large religions.)

The [|life expectancy] of a Guyanese citizen is roughly 65 years. The male and female breakdown goes as follows: MALE: 63 years, FEMALE: 68-69 years. Ages 0 to 14 make up 26% of the population, while 68.6% is comprised of ages 15 to 64, and 5.2 are 65 and older.

The literacy rate of Guyanese people is 98.8% of the total population. The male percentage is actually slightly higher, coming in at 99.1%. The female literacy rate comes in at 98.5%

Ethnic groups, or ethnic breakdown, or Guyanese people is: East Asian (or Indian) at 50%, black/mulatto (African) at 36%, Amerindian (Native American Indian) at 7%, and white, Chinese and mixed race at 7%

The monetary unit in Guyana is the [|Guyanese dollar.]

The area of Guyana is 83,000 square miles. (Which may seem like a lot, but is only slightly smaller than Idaho.)

The timezone in Guyana is [|UTC]-4.

The Internet [|TLD] is [|.gy].

The population growth rate is 0.25%.

The total fertility rate is 2.04 children/woman. (Around two children on average are borne per woman.)

The population of Guyana living with HIV/AIDS is 1,100.

The unemployment rate of Guyanese people is 9.1%.

The number of telephone lines in use is 110,100.

Internet users in Guyana come in at 160,000.

There are 90 airports in Guyana.

7,970 kilometers of roadways wind around Guyana.

This is the local Guyanese forecast, from Weather Underground, for today's forecast. CLick on the image for current weather patterns in the Timehri area. Right now, on 8:34 on the eleventh of February, 2007, it is 75 degrees Fahrenheit and mostly clouding. Guyana is roughly 25 minutes ahead of us.

'Guyana' is an Amerindian word meaning, [|'the land of many waters']. This is a natural nickname, for MANY rivers flow through Guyana. They are common in the landscape.
 * The Land of Many [|Waters]**

Guyana, as stated above, is filled with many rivers in its landscape. Other features, such as mountains, also dot the spread.
 * Physical Features**

The [|IRENG RIVER] lines Guyana's western border with Brazil.

The [|ESSEQUIBO RIVER] is the longest river in Guyana, running 1,000 kilometers north.

[|MOUNT AYANGANNA] is a mountain in western Guyana, completely within Guyana's borders. This picture is a view from the top.


 * Guyanese Timeline**

[|**Rainforest**] Guyana is a densley forested region. About 16.9 million hectares of Guyana is forested. Total forestation of Guyana (including regular forests //and// rainforests) is over 80%. Rainforested region of Guyana is 36%. Part of the rainforest is located WEST of the Parakaima Mountains. This is part of the [|Iwokrama Canopy Walk], which serves as a tourist attraction in Guyana.
 * (R)** Iwokrama Canopy Walk

Movement - What goes in an out of Guyana?
Guyana has one of the worst economies in South America, but that does not stop the country from having large exports of sugar an [|bauxite.] Buaxite is mined from Guyana, along with gold. Although mining makes up some of Guyana's economy, agriculture is the main focus. Sugar and rice are the most common exports in Guyana.
 * Exports**

A flight from [|New York City to Georgetown, Guyana], is $893.00 roundtrip from American Airlines. This price does not include hotels or rental cars, and spans two days. (Only the dates I put in: the 14th of February to the 16th.)
 * Flights**

Throughout Guyana's history, the nation has been part of two different nations as a colony. What started as a small piece of Amerindian land transformed into a Dutch colony in 1616, more than a hundred years after Christopher Colombus first spotted the land on his third voyage. The Dutch ruled over Guyana for two centuries, until the British settled in Guyana in the early 1800s. Guyana became independent from the United Kingdom in 1966, and fully became a repubilc in 1970.
 * [[image:260px-Boundary_lines_of_British_Guiana_1896.jpg align="left"]]Foreign Rule**


 * (L)** Map of British Guiana (now Guyana), 1896.

Region: Where is Guyana (Again)?
Guyana is located in the north of South America, along the Altlantic Ocean. Unlike many of the countries of South America, Guyana is actually in the Northern Hemisphere.

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