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With 215,000 square kilometres (83,000 sq mi), Guyana is the fourth-smallest country on mainland South America after Uruguay, Suriname and French Guiana. The main economic activities in Guyana are agriculture (production of rice and Demerara sugar ), bauxite mining, gold mining, timber, shrimp fishing and minerals.
Work or employment permit is required for persons without "Isle of Man worker" status. [233] [234] Jersey: Visa not required Work or employment permit is required. [235] Gibraltar: Visa not required [236] Montserrat: Visa not required 6 months [237] British Overseas Territories citizens with a connection to the territory have right of abode.
Countries with diplomatic missions in Guyana. There are currently 20 embassies/high commissions in Georgetown, the capital city of Guyana. Several other countries have ambassadors accredited to Guyana on a non-resident basis. This listing excludes honorary consulates.
Guyana strongly supports the concept of regional integration. It played an important role in the founding of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM), but its historic status as the organization's poorest member limited its ability to exert leadership in regional activities. Since discovering and developing its offshore oil and gas ...
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The Embassy of Guyana was established in 1966, and the Permanent Mission in 1991. His Excellency Samuel A. A. Hinds, O.E. was appointed Guyana's ninth Ambassador to the US [1] and fifth Permanent Representative to the OAS. In executing and promoting the foreign policy objectives of the Government of Guyana, the Embassy seeks to: [citation needed]
French Guiana, an overseas department and region of France. Brazilian or Portuguese Guiana, now the Amapá State of Brazil. The three Guianas proper have a combined population of 1,718,651; Guyana: 804,567, Suriname: 612,985, and French Guiana: 301,099 [1] [2] Most of the population is along the coast. Due to the jungles to the south, the ...
The Guiana Space Centre (French: Centre spatial guyanais; CSG), also called Europe's Spaceport, [3] [4] is a spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, an overseas region of France in South America. Kourou is located approximately 500 kilometres (310 mi; 270 nmi) north of the equator at a latitude of 5°.