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Guyana and Suriname (along with French Guiana and Trinidad and Tobago) share many geologic, cultural and historical similarities, as well as their distinct position as West Indian societies estranged from the rest of South America. Historically, both countries were settled by the Dutch, and impacted by importation of slaves from Africa for the ...
The maritime boundary has long been disputed between Guyana and Suriname as well, and led in 2000 to skirmishes between Guyanese oil explorers and Surinamese coast guards. [7] Guyana claimed a thalweg boundary of the Courantyne River (probably inspired by the 1962 Dutch position), and a 35° line from the true North, from the mouth of the river ...
The Litani or Itany is a river which forms part of the boundary between Suriname and French Guiana. It is a tributary, or the upper course, of the Maroni. The boundary is disputed, with Suriname also claiming land to the east of the river. [1] The Litani river flows in the Lawa near Antecume Pata, and is fed from the Loë and Ulemari creeks. [2]
A very large oil field has been recently discovered in the Guyana-Suriname Basin of the ecoregion. [3] [4] The Guianan is one of two ecoregions (the other being the Amazonia marine ecoregion) in the North Brazil Shelf province, [5] a Large marine ecosystem (LME). The Guianan is thus part of the larger Tropical Atlantic realm. [6] [7] [8]
East Berbice-Corentyne (Region 6) is one of ten regions in Guyana covering the whole of the east of the country. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the Nickerie District and Sipaliwini District of Suriname to the east, Brazil to the south and the regions of Mahaica-Berbice, Upper Demerara-Berbice, Potaro-Siparuni and Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo to the west.
Jun. 30—One of the hottest new oilfields in the world, if not the hottest, is the off-shore Guyana-Suriname Basin, where ExxonMobil and a host of other companies are working non-stop to develop it.
Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana are the only South American nations outside of Spanish/Portuguese area. Spanish, English, Dutch, French, and Portuguese are spoken in the Guianas: in Guayana, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Amapá, respectively. Suriname is the only sovereign nation, other than the Netherlands, where Dutch is the sole ...
With a land area of 214,969 km 2 (83,000 sq mi), [13] Guyana is the third-smallest sovereign state by area in mainland South America after Uruguay and Suriname, and is the second-least populous sovereign state in South America after Suriname; it is also one of the least densely populated countries on Earth.