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British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies. It was located on the northern coast of South America . Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana .
The Guianas, also spelled Guyanas or Guayanas, is a region in north-eastern South America. Strictly, the term refers to the three Guianas: Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, formerly British, Dutch and French Guiana. Broadly it refers to the South American coast from the mouth of the Orinoco to the mouth of the Amazon.
Guyana (/ ɡaɪˈɑːnə / ⓘ or / ɡaɪˈænə / ⓘ ghy-A (H)N-ə), [11][5] officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, [12] is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic mainland British West Indies. Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the country's largest city.
Guyana is a country located in the northeastern corner of South America. Indigenous peoples inhabited it prior to European settlement. Their name for the land was guiana (‘land of water’). Today Guyana reflects its British and Dutch colonial past.
The British took over in 1796 and remained in possession, except for short intervals, until 1814, when they purchased Demerara, Berbice, and Essequibo, which in 1831 were united as the colony of British Guiana.
Sandwiched between Venezuela and Suriname, the former British colony of Guyana is the only English-speaking country in South America. Since independence from the UK in 1966, Guyana has seen...
British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies. It was located on the northern coast of South America . Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana .
Guyana , officially Co-operative Republic of Guyana formerly (until 1966) British Guiana, Country, northeastern South America. Area: 83,011 sq mi (214,999 sq km). Population: (2024 est.) 741,300. Capital: Georgetown.
The history of Guyana is one of colonial rule, the struggle for independence, and the development of a unique cultural identity. This fascinating South American nation was once a Dutch colony, then a British territory, and finally gained independence in 1966. What are the people of Guyana like?
In 1831, the three separate colonies were united into the single political entity British Guiana. In 1835 the British government asked the German explorer Robert Hermann Schomburgk to map British Guiana and mark its boundaries.