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Guyana’s flag is sometimes called This unassuming tropical country is located on the the Golden Arrowhead. The green color represents the forests and northeast coast of South America. It is a land of unspoiled agriculture of beauty. Its virgin rainforests, pristine mountains, large rivers the land. Yellow represents and dusty savannahs are home to a vast variety of mineral wealth, animals and plants. Guyanese people are known for and red is symbolic of the their diversity and friendly hospitality. country’s zeal and enthusiasm.

In a name Atlantic Ocean The word Guyana is an Amerindian word that translates as “the land of many waters.” Spring Garden Georgetown Cuyuni Guyana is the only Tumereng Hyde Park New Amsterdam country in South America Linden Victoria amazonica is the where the official language Marshall Falls national flower of Guyana. VENEZUELA is English. Mazaruni This giant water lily is named Omai in honor of Queen Victoria. Kaieteur Falls Just the facts Falls Area 83,000 sq. mi. Orinduik Did you know?

(214,970 sq. km) Ireng According to legend, Guyana was home to the mythical city Population 786,552 Annai BRAZIL Kumaka of El Dorado. Many explorers, Capital city Georgetown Essequibo Pirara including Sir Walter Raleigh, Currency Guyana dollar undertook expeditions to locate Lethem Courantyne Highest elevation the city, but it has never been Mount Roraima Shea found. 442 ft. (2,762 m) GUYANA Ninety percent of Guyana’s Lowest elevation Caribbean Isherton people live on or near the coast. Sea (sea level) Biloku Some Amerindian villages are so remote that you can only get Agriculture Rice, wheat, to them on foot or by boat. sugar, coffee, cocoa, coconuts, edible oils, Eighty percent of the country is fruits, vegetables, cattle, sheep, covered in rainforest, much of pigs, goats,and chickens. The jaguar is the 200 km which is still unexplored. national animal. 200 mi Industry Processing bauxite, Guyana is home to three large sugar, rice, timber, textiles and rivers: the Demerara, Essequi- A jaguar's head ceramics bo and Berbice River. There are is larger and more Looking back also many waterfalls, the best- Mining Bauxite, gold, rounded than a Before the arrival of Europeans, known of which is Kaieteur diamonds leopard's. many indigenous groups made Falls, the largest single-drop this region home. It was waterfall in the world. colonized by the Dutch Despite being located in South The hoatzin or Canje before the British took America, Guyana has a strong pheasant is also control in the late 18th cultural and historical link to the known as the skunk century. Known as British nearby Caribbean islands. Its bird because it Guiana until the 1950s, the music, food, architecture and has a nasty country gained indepen- markets have a distinct Carib- smell. dence in 1966. bean flare. Wildlife The many river systems and The capybara is the dense jungles of Guyana make it world’s largest rodent. home to a great variety of wildlife. It is also known as the The jaguar, capybara, black caiman, water hog because giant anteater and hoatzin all it enjoys grazing and make their homes here. swimming in water.

The black caiman is one of the largest members of the alligator family. Once hunted for its skin to near-extinction, Giant anteaters have no teeth. populations are now recovering. Instead, they use long tongues to lap up ants and termites. SOURCES: World Book Encyclopedia, World Book Inc.; http://www.un.org.gy/about-guyana; Guyana Bureau of Statistics; www.guyana.org; https://factcity.com; https://panamericanworld.com

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