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ID: 1000054
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Record Type: administrative |
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Guyana (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 05 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 5.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 059 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -59.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Area was inhabited by Amerindians of whom little is known; sighted by Columbus 1498; settled by Dutch early 17th cen.; occupied by British during Napoleonic Wars; many Africans came as slaves; East Indians & Chinese came as indentured servants 19th cen.; official language is English, though Hindi, Urdu & local dialects are also spoken. |
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| Guyana (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Guyana (French-P,U,N)
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| Guyana (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Cooperative Republic of Guyana (C,V)
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| Co-operative Republic of Guyana (C,V)
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| République du Guyana (C,O)
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| Guiana (B,V)
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............ | Portuguese transliteration of indigenous peoples' name for the place, meaning "land of the waters" |
| Guyane (C,O)
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| GUY (C,O,ISO3L)
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| GY (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO328 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| GY00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| British Guiana (H,V)
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............ | 1831-1966 |
| Guyanese (C,O,English,U,A)
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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parliamentary home rule established 1953; gained independence 1966 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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initially within the Commonwealth, in 1970 |
| colony (C) |
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British, 1928-1953 |
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Related geographic places: |
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| member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
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(World) [7005615] |
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joined association in 1966 |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1966 |
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