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Extensible Markup Language  |  1995-06-13  |  3KB  |  19 lines
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  14.         <text><span class="style42"></span><span class="style12">GUYANA</span><span class="style42"></span><span class="style14"></span><span class="style42">Official name:</span><span class="style13"> The Cooperative Republic of Guyana</span><span class="style42">Member of: </span><span class="style13">UN, Commonwealth, OAS, CARICOM</span><span class="style42">Area: </span><span class="style13">215083 km2 (83044 sq mi)</span><span class="style42">Population: </span><span class="style13">730000 (1993 est)</span><span class="style42">Capital: </span><span class="style13">Georgetown 195000 (including suburbs; 1986 est)</span><span class="style42">Languages: </span><span class="style13">English (official), Hindu, Urdu</span><span class="style42">Religions: </span><span class="style13">Hinduism (34%), various Protestant Churches (34%), Roman Catholic (18%), Sunni Islam</span><span class="style42">GOVERNMENT</span><span class="style13">The 65-member National Assembly is elected for five years under a system of proportional representation by universal adult suffrage. The President ΓÇô the leader of the majority in the Assembly ΓÇô appoints a Prime Minister and Cabinet.</span><span class="style42">GEOGRAPHY</span><span class="style13">A coastal plain is protected from the sea by dykes. Tropical rain forest covers much of the interior. The Pakaraima range rises to 2772 m (9094 ft). </span><span class="style42">Climate: </span><span class="style13">The interior is tropical, while the coastal plain is more moderate.</span><span class="style42">ECONOMY</span><span class="style13">Guyana depends on mining bauxite and growing sugar cane and rice. Nationalization and emigration have caused economic problems. </span><span class="style42">Currency: </span><span class="style13">Guyana dollar.</span><span class="style42">HISTORY</span><span class="style13">Dutch colonies on the Guyanese coast ΓÇô established since the 1620s ΓÇô were captured by the British in 1796 and merged to form British Guiana in 1831. From the 1840s large numbers of Indian and Chinese laborers were imported from Asia to work on sugar plantations. Racial tension between their descendants ΓÇô now the majority ΓÇô and the Black community (descended from imported African slaves) led to violence in 1964 and 1978. Guyana has been independent since 1966.</span></text>
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