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Topic: Demographics of Guyana


  
 Guyana :: Travel to Guyana :: Guyana Journey :: South America Travel Guide
The Co-operative Republic of Guyana is a nation on the northern coast of South America, just above the Equator and a part of the western part of the wider region of Guiana.
The name originates from Fort St. George which was established at the mouth of the Demerara River as a signal station for the purpose of observing and controlling incoming and outgoing traffic.
Activities of Guyana Fishing The rivers and the interior abound in game fish, the best known of which is the man-eating piranha (called locally perai).
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  Guyana - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
It constitutes the western part of the wider region of Guiana (an Amerindian word meaning Land of Many Waters), and is bordered to the east by Suriname, to the south by Brazil, to the west by Venezuela and to the north by the Atlantic Ocean.
Guyana achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966 and became a republic in 1970, remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Guyana has a diverse ethnic population: the three major groups are the (East) Indians or Indo-Guyanese (50%) who have remained predominantly rural, the Africans or Afro-Guyanese (36%) who constitute the majority urban population, and the Amerindians (7%) who live in the country's interior.
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 Guyana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Guyana's population of roughly 760,000-780,000 is diverse: the three major groups are the Indians or Indo-Guyanese (around 50%) who have remained predominantly rural, the Africans or Afro-Guyanese (about 36%-43%) who constitute the majority urban population, and the Amerindians (around 7%, some estimates say as low as 4%) who live in the country's interior.
Guyana is the country with the largest percentage of Bahá'ís (7%).
Guyana is the only South American country where the death penalty is still in use for serious crimes and where homosexuality remains illegal.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guyana   (2246 words)

  
 Guyana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Co-operative Republic of Guyana is a nation along the northern coastline of South America.
Guyana achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966 and became the Cooperative Republic in 1970, remaining a member of the Commonwealth.
Guyana has a diverse ethnic population: the three major groups are the (East) Indians or (50%) who have remained predominantly rural, the Africans or (36%) who constitute the majority urban population, and the Amerindians (7%) who live in the country's interior.
www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Guyana   (1119 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Demographics of Guyana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Guyana's population is made up of five main ethnic groups--East Indian, African, Amerindian, Chinese, and Portuguese.
The population density for Guyana as a whole is low--less than four persons per square kilometer.
Although the government has provided free education from nursery school to the university level since 1975, it has not allocated sufficient funds to maintain the standards of what had been considered the best educational system in the region.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Demographics-of-Guyana   (319 words)

  
 Guyana Caribbean Politics
With Guyana, it seems, it is felt that the two sides of the story are the side of the politicians and the side of the people, and there is little connection between the two.
In Guyana, this is a particularly prominent fear, many feeling that the lack of trust and 'bad blood' that exists between the two major parties is the problem now, and will simply continue into a power-sharing agreement, resulting in grave consequences for the nation.
Guyana once had a bicameral legislature, (prior to constitutional changes of the 1950s) comprising the Upper Chamber (whose members were appointed) and the Lower Legislative Chamber (whose members were elected).
www.guyanacaribbeanpolitics.com /commentary/powersharing.html   (17309 words)

  
 Preface
The population of Guyana is not ethnically homogenous due to earlier colonial conquests and slave trading.
Guyana moved from state socialism and one-party control to a market economy and unrestricted freedom of the press and assembly.
Guyana emerged from the colonial period with two strikes against it: one being an ethnically diverse population, and two being a population that could not foresee the problems of this diversity.
www.ems.psu.edu /~williams/guyana.htm   (1917 words)

  
 Guyana OnLine
Guyana OnLine™ is committed to the responsible management of consumer information and abides by all rules, both ethical and legal, with respect to the use of consumer information.
Guyana OnLine™'s Privacy Policy was developed as an extension of our commitment to combine the highest quality of service with the highest level of integrity in dealing with our members (users) and partners.
Guyana OnLine™ may disclose or provide access account information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it as well as for administrative and other purposes that we deem necessary to maintain, service, and improve our products and services.
www.guyanaonline.net /docs/index.php?F=Privacy   (2526 words)

  
 Caribbean North
Although Guyana is a South American nation, it has more in common with the smaller islands of the West Indies, with which it shares certain cultural, historical, and economic characteristics.
Guyana was originally a Dutch colony that came under British control in the early 18th century.
Guyana's economy was traditionally dominated by sugar cultivation since the early 18th century.
www.amyglenn.com /Geography/caribbea.htm   (4562 words)

  
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 Guyana Caribbean Politics
In Guyana we have to all appreciate that the existence of the state itself is for the furtherance of the societal good - the public interest.
Several missionaries had visited Guyana from early the 20th century but the arrival of Professor Bhashkaranand in 1937 was crucial in spreading its rejection of "caste" by birth, acceptance of education of women (including becoming priests) and the inculcation of a broad social conscience.
Guyana became a viable commercial interest to the colonial powers only after the coastlands were made secure with a vast network of canals, seawalls, sea-dams, kokers, to drain and irrigate the land.
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 TradePort Country Profiles from World Trade Press
Guyana lacks virtually any form of industrialization and it makes the overwhelming bulk of its revenue from the export of gold, bauxite, and unrefined sugar.
But this is not to say that Guyana's government is not trying or that the economy has not registered some successes.
At the turn of the millennium, Guyana had negative GDP growth (-1.3 percent) but was back on a positive track in 2001 at 1.4 percent, and at 1.8 percent for 2002.
www.tradeport.org /countries/guyana/01grw.html   (648 words)

  
 Guyana at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Guyana News and Information is the internet's primary source for news and general information out of the South American country of Guyana.
His general thrust has been that racial and ethnic problems in Guyana are exaggerated...
Guyana - before placing a telephone call or making travel plans for a flight or hotel, get the current local time provided by WorldTimeServer.com...
springknow.com /Guyana.html   (1080 words)

  
 Census and Demographics Data - 2000, 2005 and 2010 Projections
Census and Demographics Data - 2000, 2005 and 2010 Projections
We provides targeted demographic data, site analysis, and general reference software that is easy to use.
Two reports are available: the Starter Set contains 50 of the most requested demographic data variables and the Professional Report that covers over 200 variables including demographic, quality of life, consumer price indices, retail sales, business statistics, custom profiles, and consumer expenditures.
www.mapmart.com /Demographics/Census.htm   (503 words)

  
 Guyana
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Guyana achieved independence from the UK in 1966, but until the early 1990s it was ruled mostly by socialist-oriented governments.
www.insideguyana.com   (587 words)

  
 Welcome to ROAR Guyana Movement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Several missionaries had visited Guyana from early 20 th century, but the arrival of Professor Bhashkaranand in 1937, was crucial in spreading its rejection of “caste” by birth, acceptance of education of women (including becoming priests) and the inculcation of a broad social conscience.
While Samajists never became more than ten percent of the Hindu population in Guyana, their arguments, as much as anything else, contributed to the demise of the caste system.
In the aggregate, their generation created the bulge in the Indian population that was to forever alter the demographics of Guyana and create a new political equation.
www.guyroar.com /articlesquery.php?articleid=4   (1033 words)

  
 Independent Lens . THUNDER IN GUYANA . Learn More | PBS
This 1998 interview with Janet Jagan discusses her decades of work in Guyana and her then-position as the country’s president.
This in-depth study features a country profile and chapters on Guyana’s ethnic populations, foreign relations, political and social history and more.
This 2001 article discusses how that year’s general elections “represented yet another test for a young democracy that has seen the best and worst of electoral politics,” as well as the work of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his Carter Center in support of Guyanese democracy.
www.pbs.org /independentlens/thunderinguyana/more.html   (395 words)

  
 home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
It is a requirement of a technical writing class, but will be constantly corrected and updated in the future.
The purpose of this project is to educate anyone interested in frogs, or the geographic region on the natural history of the frogs of Guyana, biotic and abiotic requirements of the frogs in the new world tropics, and an overview of the reproductive and parental behavior of frogs in general, and from Guyana.
Tools utilized to complete this project are typical primary resources and photographs and audio recordings taken by Bill Duncan and associates.
www.geocities.com /guyanafrogs/home.html   (179 words)

  
 DHL: Corporate - Guyana (British) Service Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Addresses in Guyana (British) where you can leave a shipment for delivery.
The location of the office from where DHL activities in Guyana (British) are controlled.
Information that may be of interest to you when doing business with Guyana (British)
www.dhl.com /wrd/gy.html   (60 words)

  
 Mining Guyana - CountryMine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
StrataGold has entered into a joint venture agreement with Newmont Overseas Exploration, a subsidiary of United States-based Newmont Mining Corp., in respect to StrataGold's Barama reconnaissance permit (BRP) in Guyana.
Guyana Geology and Mines Commission - Licences, etc.
Mining in Guyana - (InfoMine) Comprehensive information, including news, companies and properties, suppliers, etc.
www.infomine.com /countries/guyana.asp   (267 words)

  
 Guyana - Unipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Seductive Poison : A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the People's Temple
Mammals of the Neotropics, Volume 1 : The Northern Neotropics: Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana (Eisenberg, John F//Mammals of the Neotropics)
Indians in Guyana: A Concise History from Their Arrival to the Present
www.unipedia.info /Guyana.html   (1236 words)

  
 Mario Profaca: Americas and Caribbean: Guyana
OAS: Resolution Strengthening Cooperation to Prevent, Combat, and Eliminate Terrorism (RC.23/RES.1/01) was adopted by the 23rd Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Sep. 21, 2001 in Washington, DC.
Guyana and Caribbean Political and Cultural Center for Popular Education
It is obvious that not all the details of the periods described are included, but the aim of the author is to build an awareness among young Guyanese in particular, of the rich heritage of the people of Guyana.
mprofaca.cro.net /guyana.html   (336 words)

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