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In 1979, an embassy was established in Guyana, [13] which was temporary housed in the Pegasus hotel in Georgetown. [14] Guyana was represented by a consulate in Paramaribo. On 25 November 1975, the date of independence of Suriname, the consulate was transformed into an embassy. [15] Guyana operates a consulate in Nieuw-Nickerie. [16]
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]
The Maroni basin is 68,700 km 2; above the island Langatabbetje (110 km away from the mouth of the river) this area is 63,700 km 2. Between 1952 and 1973, the average discharge near Langatabbetje was about 1,700 m 3 /second. The minimum was 95 m 3 /second, the maximum 6,550 m 3 /second.
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.
Essequibo River Drainage Basin. Essequibo River. Mazaruni River [1] Kako River; ... "Water Resources Assessment of Guyana" (PDF). US Army Corps of Engineers ...
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]
The Guyanese–Surinamese border is the Guyanese river bank (the west bank of the river), Suriname regarded the left bank of the Courantyne as a border, but Guyana disputes this and viewed the center of the river as a frontier, based on the Thalweg Doctrine. This conflict, which has been fueled since the colonial era, was solved in 2007 by a ...
The Suriname-Guyana Chamber of Commerce (SGCC) is an international chamber of commerce that is aiming at strengthening the economic ties between Suriname and Guyana. [1] The SGCC was lanced on 24 February 2024. [2] On 30 August 2023 the SGCC held its first, virtual stakeholders meeting with representatives from Surinamese and Guyanese companies ...