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Guyana Travel Information and Hotel Discounts |
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Major City Listings Hotel Lodging
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Le Meridien Guyana Resort
Le Meridien Guyana Pegasus is renowned as the premier hotel
in Guyana with its stunning views over the river Demerara,
Georgetown and the Atlantic. It offers visitors a wide range
of facilities and amenities, amongst them excursions to its
Rainforest
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Cara Suites Guyana Georgetown
Cara Suites is a collection of self contained
studios and suites, centrally located in the
heart of Georgetown. Known for its very non
hotel atmosphere, it has become a favourite over
the years with the regular business traveller to
Guyana. Cara Suites offers a wide range of
accommodations to suit your requirements, your
length of stay, and you budget, starting with
our studio rooms and culminating in our finest
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Cara Lodge Guyana Georgetown is the
only Heritage House Hotel in Guyana. It is in a
beautiful colonial builing, stunningly
refurbished to offer superlative service in an
elegant colonial setting. Take a step forward in
service and a step back in time. The hotel is
located in central Georgetwon close to the
financial commercial and entertainment
governmental centre of the capital. Cara Lodge
offers fine dining at the Bottle Bar and
restaurant and a business centre with free
computer and internet access |
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Guyana
Find a premier Hotel & Resort at
Hilton Hotels.
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Georgetown Lodging
Georgetown SuperSaver
Georgetown
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The Co-operative Republic of Guyana is a
nation on the northern coast of South America,
just above the Equator and a part of the western
part of the wider region of Guiana. The country
is bordered to the east by Suriname, to the
south by Brazil, to the west by Venezuela and to
the north by the Atlantic Ocean. It is the third
smallest country in South America and
approximately the size of Great Britain or
Idaho.
Guyana is an Amerindian word meaning Land of
Many Waters, and the country is mostly
characterized by vast unspoiled rain forests
dissected by numerous rivers, creeks and
beautiful waterfalls. It is also famous as the
location of the legendary El Dorado, the
inspiration for The Lost World, for its friendly
multicultural society, high biodiversity,
prize-winning rum, wooden architecture, and
Demerara sugar.
Though physically part of South America,
culturally, Guyana is more Caribbean than Latin
American—demonstrated by the fact that English
is the main language.
History
Main article: History of Guyana
At the time the first Europeans arrived in the
area around 1500, Guyana was inhabited by Arawak
and Carib tribes of Amerindians. European
settlement began in the early 17th century with
the Dutch, who established three separate
colonies; Essequibo (1616), Berbice (1627), and
Demerara (1752). The British assumed control in
the late 18th century and the Dutch formally
ceded the area in 1814. The three became a
single British colony known as British Guiana in
1831.
The abolition of slavery in 1834 led to black
settlement of urban areas and the importation of
indentured laborers from Madeira (Portugal)(beginning
in 1834), Germany (first in 1835), Ireland
(1836), Scotland (1837), Malta (1839), China and
India (beginning in 1838) to work on the sugar
plantations. In 1889 Venezuela claimed the land
up to the Essequibo. Ten years later an
international tribunal ruled the land belonged
to British Guiana.
Guyana achieved independence from the United
Kingdom in 1966 and became a Republic in 1970,
remaining a member of the Commonwealth.
Geography
Map of GuyanaMain article: Geography of Guyana
Guyana can be divided into three regions: a
narrow and fertile marshy plain along the
Atlantic coast where most of the population
lives, then a white sand belt more inland
consisting of dense rainforests and containing
most of Guyana's mineral deposits, and finally
the larger interior highlands consisting mostly
of mountains that gradually rise to the
Brazilian border. Guyana's main mountains are
contained here, including Mount Ayanganna (2042
m) and on Mount Roraima (2,835 m - highest
mountain in Guyana) on the
Brazil-Guyana-Venezuela tripoint, part of the
Pakaraima range. There are also many steep
escarpments and waterfalls, including the famous
Kaieteur Falls. Between the Rupununi River and
the border with Brazil lies the Rupununi
savannah, south of which lie the Kanuku
Mountains.
There are many rivers in the country, the main
four being (west to east) the Essequibo, the
Demerara, the Berbice and the Corentyne along
the border with Suriname. At the mouth of the
Essequibo are several large islands. The 145 km
Shell Beach along the north-west coast of Guyana
is a major breeding area for turtles and other
wildlife.
The local climate is tropical and generally hot
and humid, though moderated by northeast trade
winds along the coast. There are two rainy
seasons, the first from May to mid-August, the
second from mid-November to mid-January.
International disputes - all of the area west of
the Essequibo (river) is claimed by Venezuela
preventing any discussion of a maritime
boundary; Guyana has expressed its intention to
join Barbados in asserting claims before UNCLOS
that Trinidad and Tobago's maritime boundary
with Venezuela extends into their waters;
Suriname claims a triangle of land between the
New and Kutari/Koetari rivers in a historic
dispute over the headwaters of the Courantyne;
Guyana seeks UNCLOS arbitration to resolve the
long-standing dispute with Suriname over the
axis of the territorial sea boundary in
potentially oil-rich waters.
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Background:
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Originally a
Dutch colony in the 17th century, by 1815 Guyana had become a
British possession. The abolition of slavery led to black
settlement of urban areas and the importation of indentured
servants from India to work the sugar plantations. This
ethnocultural divide has persisted and has led to turbulent
politics. Guyana achieved independence from the UK in 1966, but
until the early 1990s it was ruled mostly by socialist-oriented
governments. In 1992, Cheddi JAGAN was elected president, in
what is considered the country's first free and fair election
since independence. Upon his death five years later, he was
succeeded by his wife Janet, who resigned in 1999 due to poor
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Location:
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Northern South
America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Suriname
and Venezuela |
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Area - comparative:
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slightly smaller
than Idaho |
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Land boundaries:
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total:
2,462 km
border countries: Brazil 1,119 km, Suriname 600 km,
Venezuela 743 km |
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Geography - note:
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the
third-smallest country in South America after Suriname and
Uruguay; substantial portions of its western and eastern
territories are claimed by Venezuela and Suriname respectively
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Languages:
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English,
Amerindian dialects, Creole, Hindi, Urdu |
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Nationality:
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noun:
Guyanese (singular and plural)
adjective: Guyanese |
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Ethnic groups:
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East Indian 50%,
black 36%, Amerindian 7%, white, Chinese, and mixed 7% |
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Religions:
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Christian 50%,
Hindu 35%, Muslim 10%, other 5%
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Currency:
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Guyanese dollar (GYD)
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Currency code:
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GYD |
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Exchange rates:
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Guyanese dollars per US dollar - 189.5 (December 2001), 187.3
(2001), 182.4 (2000), 178.0 (1999), 150.5 (1998), 142.4 (1997)
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