Guyana

Country	Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Capital	Georgetown
Independence	26 May 1966 (from the UK)
National holiday	Republic Day, 23 February (1970)
Population	739,903 (July 2013 est.)
Sex ratio	1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.75 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2013 est.)
Nationality	Guyanese (singular and plural)
Religions	Protestant 30.5% (Pentecostal 16.9%, Anglican 6.9%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5%, Methodist 1.7%), Hindu 28.4%, Roman Catholic 8.1%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.1%, Muslim 7.2%, other Christian 17.7%, other 4.3%, none 4.3% (2002 census)
Languages	English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Urdu
Literacy	age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 91.8% male: 92% female: 91.6% (2002 Census)
Location	Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Suriname and Venezuela
Geographic coordinates	5 00 N, 59 00 W
Map references	South America
Area	total: 214,969 sq km land: 196,849 sq km water: 18,120 sq km
Area - comparative	slightly smaller than Idaho
Land boundaries	total: 2,949 km border countries: Brazil 1,606 km, Suriname 600 km, Venezuela 743 km
Coastline	459 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the outer edge of the continental margin
Climate	tropical; hot, humid, moderated by northeast trade winds; two rainy seasons (May to August, November to January)
Terrain	mostly rolling highlands; low coastal plain; savanna in south
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Roraima 2,835 m
Natural resources	bauxite, gold, diamonds, hardwood timber, shrimp, fish
Industries	bauxite, sugar, rice milling, timber, textiles, gold mining
Exports - commodities	sugar, gold, bauxite, alumina, rice, shrimp, molasses, rum, timber
Imports - commodities	manufactures, machinery, petroleum, food
Land use	arable land: 2.23% permanent crops: 0.14% other: 97.63% (2005)
Irrigated land	1,500 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources	241 cu km (2000)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)	total: 1.64 cu km/yr (2%/1%/98%) per capita: 2,187 cu m/yr (2000)
Natural hazards	flash flood threat during rainy seasons
Environment - current issues	water pollution from sewage and agricultural and industrial chemicals; deforestation
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94 signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography – note	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