Christian
dating : Guyana
Geography
Area: 214,970 sq. km. (82,980 sq. mi.); about the size of Idaho
Cities: Capital--Georgetown (pop. 250,000). Other cities--Linden
(29,000) and New Amsterdam (18,000).
Terrain: Coastal plain, inland highlands, rain forest, savanna.
Climate: Tropical.
People
Nationality: Noun and adjective--Guyanese (sing. and pl.).
Population (last census 1991): 723,673; (2000 est.) 700,000.
Ethnic groups: East Indian origin 49%, African origin 32%, mixed 12%, Amerindian
6%, White and Chinese 1%.
Christian singles note-Religions: Christian 57%, Hindu 33%, Muslim 9%, other 1%.
Languages: English, Guyanese Creole, Amerindian languages (primarily Carib and
Arawak).
Education: Years compulsory--ages 5 1/2-14 1/2. Attendance--primary
78.6%, secondary 80.5%. Literacy--96.5% of adults who have attended
school.
Health: Infant mortality rate--49/1,000. Life expectancy--men 59 yrs.,
women 64 yrs.
Work force (278,000): Industry and commerce--36.4%; agriculture--30.2%;
services--30.2%; other--3.2%.
Government
Type: Republic within the Commonwealth.
Independence: May 26, 1966; Republic, February 23, 1970.
Constitution: 1980
Branches: Executive--executive president (chief of state and head of
government), prime minister. Legislative--unicameral National Assembly of
65 deputies. The ten administrative regions of the country elect 25 members, 40
are elected from party lists by proportion of the national vote. Judicial--Judicial
Court of Appeal, High Court.
Subdivisions: 10 regions.
Political parties (voting seats in the National Assembly): People’s
Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) 34; People’s National Congress (PNC) 27;
Guyana Action Party/Working People's Alliance (GAP/WPA) 2; Rise Organize and
Rebuild (ROAR) 1; and The United Force (TUF) 1. Total seats: 65. Elections held
March 19, 2001.
Suffrage: Universal at 18.
Economy (1999)
GDP: $650 million.
Real annual growth rate: (2000) 0.5%., (2001) 0.5%
Per capita GDP: $760.
Agriculture: Products--sugar, rice.
Natural resources: Gold, bauxite, diamonds, timber, shrimp, fish.
Industry: Types--gold and bauxite mining, rice milling, beverage, food
stuff processing, apparel, footwear assembly.
Trade (2000): Exports--$505 million: gold, sugar, bauxite, shrimp,
rice, timber. Major markets--U.S. (24.5%), U.K., CARICOM countries,
Canada. Imports--$585 million. Major suppliers--U.S. (37.7%),
U.K., Venezuela, CARICOM, Canada.
PEOPLE
Christian singles note-Guyana's population is made up of five main ethnic
groups--East Indian, African, Amerindian, Chinese, and Portuguese. Ninety
percent of the inhabitants live on the narrow coastal plain, where population
density is more than 115 persons per square kilometer (380 per sq. mi.). 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. Many school buildings are in poor condition,
there is a shortage of text and exercise books, the number of teachers has
declined, and fees are being charged at the university level for some courses of
study for the first time.
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