User talk:Gtbana

COUNTRY NAME: conventional long form: Co-operative Republic of Guyana conventional short form: Guyana former: British Guiana

LOCATION: Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Suriname and Venezuela

CAPITAL: Georgetown

POPULATION: 765,283

ETHNIC GROUPS: East Indian 50%, black 36%, Amerindian 7%, white, Chinese, and mixed 7%

RELIGION: Christian 50%, Hindu 35%, Muslim 10%, other 5%

LANGUAGES: English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Hindi, Urdu

CLIMATE: tropical; hot, humid, moderated by northeast trade winds; two rainy seasons (May to mid-August, mid-November to mid-January)

Agriculture: products:  sugar, rice, wheat, vegetable oils; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; fish, shrimp

Industries: bauxite, sugar, rice milling, timber, textiles, gold mining

Export Commodities: sugar, gold, bauxite/alumina, rice, shrimp, molasses, rum, timber.