Green, with a red isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) superimposed on a long, yellow arrowhead; there is a narrow, black border between the red and yellow, and a narrow, white border between the yellow and the green.

Georgetown

10 regions: Barima-Waini, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Demerara-Mahaica, East Berbice-Corentyne, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, Mahaica-Berbice, Pomeroon-Supenaam, Potaro-Siparuni, Upper Demerara-Berbice, and Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo.

698,209 (July 2002 est.)
estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS, this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Hindi, Urdu

5° 00' N, 59° 00' W

214,970 sq. km

196,850 sq. km

18,120 sq. km

2,462 km

Brazil 1,119 km, Suriname 600 km, Venezuela 743 km

459 km

Atlantic Ocean 0 m - Mount Roraima 2,835 m

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Guyanese dollar (GYD)

Co-operative Republic of Guyana

Guyana

Guyana

British Guiana

26 May 1966 (from UK)

6 October 1980

republic within the Commonwealth

Republic Day, 23 February (1970)