Outline of Guyana

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Guyana:

Guyana – previously known as British Guiana, is the only nation state of the Commonwealth of Nations on the mainland of South America.^[1] Bordered to the east by Suriname, to the south and southwest by Brazil and to the west by Venezuela, it is the third-smallest country on the mainland of South America. It is one of four non-Spanish-speaking territories on the continent, along with the countries of Brazil (Portuguese), Suriname (Dutch) and the French overseas region of French Guiana (French).

General reference[]

• Pronunciation: /ɡaɪˈænə/ or /ɡiːˈɑːnə/
• Common English country name: Guyana
• Official English country name: The Co-operative Republic of Guyana
• Common endonym(s): Guyana
• Official endonym(s): The Co-operative Republic of Guyana
• Adjectival(s): Guyanese (disambiguation)
• Demonym(s):
• Etymology : Name of Guyana
• ISO country codes: GY, GUY, 328
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:GY
• Internet country code top-level domain: .gy

Geography of Guyana[]

Geography of Guyana

• Guyana is: a country
• Location:
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Western Hemisphere
    • South America
  • Time zone: UTC-04
  • Extreme points of Guyana
    • High: Mount Roraima 2,750 m (9,022 ft)
    • Low: North Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  • Land boundaries: 2,949 km

 Brazil 1,606 km

 Venezuela 743 km

 Suriname 600 km

• Coastline: North Atlantic Ocean 459 km

• Population of Guyana: 744,962 (Jul. 2018 estimate) - 161th most populous country
• Area of Guyana: 214,999 km²
• Atlas of Guyana

Environment of Guyana[]

• Climate of Guyana
• Renewable energy in Guyana
• Wildlife of Guyana
  • Fauna of Guyana
    • Birds of Guyana
    • Mammals of Guyana

Natural geographic features of Guyana[]

• Islands of Guyana
• Rivers of Guyana
• Valleys of Guyana
• World Heritage Sites in Guyana: None

Regions of Guyana[]

Ecoregions of Guyana[]

List of ecoregions in Guyana

Administrative divisions of Guyana[]

Administrative divisions of Guyana

• Regions of Guyana
  • Neighborhood Councils of Guyana

Regions of Guyana[]

Regions of Guyana

Neighborhood Councils of Guyana[]

Neighborhood Councils of Guyana

Municipalities of Guyana[]

• Capital of Guyana: Georgetown
• Cities of Guyana

Demography of Guyana[]

Demographics of Guyana

Government and politics of Guyana[]

Politics of Guyana

• Form of government: parliamentary representative democratic republic
• Capital of Guyana: Georgetown
• Elections in Guyana
• Political parties in Guyana

Branches of the government of Guyana[]

Government of Guyana

Executive branch of the government of Guyana[]

• Head of state and head of government: President of Guyana, Irfaan Ali

Legislative branch of the government of Guyana[]

• National Assembly (unicameral)

Judicial branch of the government of Guyana[]

Court system of Guyana

Foreign relations of Guyana[]

Foreign relations of Guyana

• Diplomatic missions in Guyana
• Diplomatic missions of Guyana

International organization membership[]

The Co-operative Republic of Guyana is a member of:^[1]

Law and order in Guyana[]

Law of Guyana

• Cannabis in Guyana
• Constitution of Guyana
• Crime in Guyana
• Human rights in Guyana
  • LGBT rights in Guyana
  • Freedom of religion in Guyana

Military of Guyana[]

Military of Guyana

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief:
• Forces
  • Army of Guyana
  • Navy of Guyana
  • Air Force of Guyana
• Military ranks of Guyana

Local government in Guyana[]

Local government in Guyana

History of Guyana[]

History of Guyana

• Timeline of the history of Guyana
• Current events of Guyana

Culture of Guyana[]

Culture of Guyana

• Cuisine of Guyana
• Languages of Guyana
• National symbols of Guyana
  • Coat of arms of Guyana
  • Flag of Guyana
  • National anthem of Guyana
• People of Guyana
• Prostitution in Guyana
• Public holidays in Guyana
• Religion in Guyana
  • Christianity in Guyana
  • Hinduism in Guyana
  • Islam in Guyana
  • Sikhism in Guyana
• World Heritage Sites in Guyana: None

Art in Guyana[]

• Literature of Guyana
• Music of Guyana

Sports in Guyana[]

Sports in Guyana

• Football in Guyana
• Guyana at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Guyana[]

Economy of Guyana

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (IMF 2020 estimate) : 148th (one hundred and forty eighth)
• Agriculture in Guyana
• Banking in Guyana
• Communications in Guyana
  • Internet in Guyana
• Companies of Guyana
• Currency of Guyana: Dollar
  • ISO 4217: GYD
• Mining in Guyana
• Guyana Stock Exchange
• Transport in Guyana
  • Airports in Guyana
  • Rail transport in Guyana
• Water supply and sanitation in Guyana

Education in Guyana[]

Education in Guyana

See also[]

English language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Guyana

• Index of Guyana-related articles
• List of Guyana-related topics
• List of international rankings
• Member state of the Commonwealth of Nations
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of geography
• Outline of South America

Portals Access related topics

Guyana portal Caribbean portal Latin America portal Geography portal

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Atlas of Guyana

Government

• President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana - Official Website
• Encyclopædia Britannica - Guyana Country Page
• National Assembly
• Official Website of the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA)
• Official Website of the Guyana Office for Investment - GO-Invest
• Ministry of Health
• Declassified US State Department documents detailing covert action from the start of postwar independence

General

• Guyana at Curlie
• SDNP Guyana - Guyanese directory and host to ministerial sites
• Guyana YellowPages - Guyana online Yellow Pages business directory.
• "Guyana country profile". BBC News. 2019-02-11. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
• Hinduism in Guyana and Suriname
• Map of Guyana - Tourist Destinations
• Guyana International Travel Information - U.S. State Department Consular Information Sheet for Guyana with entry requirements and travel information and warnings
• Guyana. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.

News media

• Guyanese Christian Association of Canada
• Guyana News and Information One of the most popular websites for current news and information, this site also hosts an email directory of people from the Guyanese Community and Discussion Forum.
• GINA - Government Information Agency. Updated daily.
• The Guyana Chronicle - Local daily government run newspaper.
• Kaieteur news - Local daily independent newspaper.
• Stabroek News - Local daily independent newspaper. Updated daily and maintains archives for 7 days.
• Voice of Guyana International - independent owned Internet radio
• - BBC Caribbean News Guyana Suicide rates.

Map

• Guyana on Google Maps.