Guyana

The Sabga family

Order of Roraima of Guyana was created in 1976.

The Dutch first settled there in the 1500's, then later to be taken over by the British in 1814, then eventually became an independent nation in 1966.

The currency used in Guyana is the Guyanese Dollar, abbreviated as GYD.

laws are made and change in Guyana by the way of parliament

Around $11.5 thousand.

Colin croft, shiv chanderpaul, ramnaresh sarwan, and Leona Lewis Deborah cox

The six ethnic groups that came to Guyana are the Europeans, Africans, Portuguese, Chinese, East Indians, and Amerindians.

Devotion, Humanity, Fortitude and Sacrifice.

The distance from Georgetown, Guyana to New York City is 2545 miles (4096 km).

expropriation

The Garden City

my great great grandfather Reginald Cyril Gladstone Potter

Guyana is known as the "Land of six peoples". The main ethnic groups in Guyana, in order of their immigration, are: Amerindians (the indigenous people of Guyana), Europeans, Africans, East Indians, Portuguese, and Chinese.

The traditional dress of the Amerindians depends on what tribe they are from. The costumes generally consist of grass skirts, calabash bikini-like tops for the women, and some form of headdress. The traditional dress for the Africans is usually made from bright and bold african prints -- the women wearing dresses and colourful headdresses, the men wearing dashikis (or at least that's what I've heard them being called back home; a simple google search should help you to get a better idea). The East Indian women wear saris, salwars, and ghararas and the men wear kurtas. The Chinese women wear silk (or silk-like) dresses in traditional Chinese form with Chinese floral patterns, the men wear the same as jackets and pants. I have never seen the Portuguese or the Europeans in traditional wear, so I cannot say what is typical for those groups.

Guyana is part of mainland South America. It is bordered to the east by Suriname, Brazil to the south/southwest, west by Venezuela and north of Guyana is the Atlantic Ocean.

Spanish explorers noted the coastline of the Guianas around 1500. Sir Walter Raleigh explored parts of Guyana in the 16th century, encouraged by stories of "El Dorado" - a land where gold was plentiful. The first Europeans to colonise Guyana were the Dutch, who settled in Demerara area, Essequibo and Berbice. The British also had settlements from around 1700 and formed British Guiana in 1831. The Europeans came to Guyana to build their empires, for new lands to culitivate crops such as sugar and rice, using slave labour and later "indentured" labour, and to profit from the land and industry. So the main reason for colonialisation is to make money, to find new markets, to take advantage of slave labour. But other reasons are to explore the world and to enjoy sunnier climates.

lots of bodies of water

well a cool invention in guyana its the newest one is a touch lamp if you touch it , it comes on. its really cool ive been there for a college road trip

slightly smaller than the us state of Idaho

Guyana Became Independent By

"After the 1964 elections the PNC and the UF were able to form a ruling coalition, and Burnham became prime minister. Full independence was negotiated in 1966. In the elections of 1968 and 1973 the PNC won a majority, and Burnham continued as prime minister."

The highest mountain in Guyana is Mount Roraima. It stands 2,810 meters tall.

The words to "Hail Grenada" are by Irva Merle Baptiste, and the music is by Louis Arnold Masanto.

They crossed the Bering Strait which was a frozen bridge of ice

Guyana is divided into four natural regions, the low coastal belt, the hilly sand and clay region, the interiour savannahs and the forested highlands.

57% Christian (of which 16.9% Pentecostal, 8.1% Roman Catholic, 6.9% Anglican, 5% Seventh-day Adventist and 20% other Christian denominations), 28.4% Hindu, 7.3% Muslim, 0.5% Rastafarian, 0.1% Bahá'í, 2.2% other faiths, and 4.3% no religion. Most Guyanese Christians are either Protestants or Roman Catholics and include a mix of all races. Hinduism is dominated by the Indians who came to the country in the early 19th century, while Islam varies between the Afro-Guyanese, and Indian-Guyanese.