FLAG OF GUYANA

COOPERATIVE REPUBLIC OF GUYANA

Capital: Georgetown Area: 214,969 sq km / 82,978 sq ml Language: English, Hindi Currency: Guyana Dollar Population: 702,100 Life expectancy: 62 (men), 68 (women) Literacy rate: 98% Religions: 54% Hindu, 27% Christian, 15% Sunni Muslim Physical features: Coastal plain rises into rolling highlands with savanna in the south, mostly tropical rainforest. Kaietur National Park includes Kaietur Falls (250m / 821 ft) on the Potaro river Ethnic distribution: 51% Indian (Asian decent), 43% Afro-Indian, some Chinese and Europeans Exports: Sugar, rice, rum, timber, diamonds, bauxite, shrimps, molasses