Guyana History, Geography, Economy and Important Events

Here the first native tribes - Arawak and Karib ruled. Christopher Columbus saw Guyana on his third journey (1498), but Holland was the first country to establish its colonies here: Esquecubo (1616), Berbis (1627) and Demerara (1752). At the end of the 18th century, Britain established its rule over these three colonies and named it 'British Guyana'. Britain brought workers from its other colonies to Guyana to work here. Therefore, modern Guyana is made up mostly of Indians and African people. Guyana received Britain's 200 years of peace on 26 May 1966 and became a republic on 23 February 1970.

Guinea is bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on the east by Suriname (along the Courantine River), on the south and southwest by Brazil, and on the west by Venezuela. Guyana is involved in territorial disputes with both Suriname and Venezuela, which are the result of colonial rule. Although the United Nations International Tribunal settled a long-standing maritime boundary dispute between Guyana and Suriname in 2007, the 6,000 square miles (15,600 sq m) between the two tributaries of the Quarantine River in southern Guyana was later settled. River claims the triangle area.

The main economic activities in Guyana are agriculture (production of rice and demerara sugar), bauxite and gold mining, timber, shrimp fishing and minerals. The sugar industry, which accounts for 28% of all export earnings, is largely run by the company Gysuko, which employs more people than any other industry. Many industries have a large foreign investment. For example, the Rio Tinto Alcan subsidiary of the American company Reynolds Metals and the British-Australian Rio Tinto invest heavily in Guyana's mineral industry; The Korean, Malaysian Barama Company has a large stake in the logging industry. Since 2015, foreign companies have discovered several important deepwater oils.

English is the official language of Guyana and is used for education, government, media and services. The vast majority of the population, Guyanas Creole, speaks their native language to the English-speaking Creole, which has little African, Indian, and Amerindian influence. In addition, the indigenous Caribbean languages ​​(Akavayo, Y-Y, and Makushi) are spoken by a small minority of Amerindians. Guyanis are made and spoken by some Indo-Guyana for Hindustani and Tamil cultural and religious reasons.

Barbados [M] , Brazil [LM] , Suriname [LM] , Trinidad and Tobago [M] , Venezuela [LM] ,
Definition of international border: L = Land Border | M = Maritime Border