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Guyana, [b] 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.
The sitting of the country's first Parliament happened on May 26, 1966, when the Guyana Independence Act came into effect, [83] and day of the country's independence. [84] The country also joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1966. [7] The newly independent Guyana at first sought to improve relations with its neighbours.
Country before 1700s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s ... Guyana: Haiti: 1663 1715 1790 1791 1798 1803 1804 ... List of sovereign states by date of current flag adoption; Notes
Jane Phillips-Gay CCH (2 November 1913 – 21 February 1994) was an Afro-Guyanese trade unionist and an ordained minister. She was an advocate of women's rights, formed one of the first women's political organizations in the country and served as one of the first women to be elected as a Member of British Guiana Parliament.
Before the arrival of European colonials, the Guianas were populated by scattered bands of native Arawak people. The native tribes of the Northern amazon forests are most closely related to the natives of the Caribbean; most evidence suggests that the Arawaks immigrated from the Orinoco and Essequibo River Basins in Venezuela and Guiana into the northern islands, and were then supplanted by ...
The flag of Guyana, known as the Golden Arrowhead, has been the national flag of Guyana since May 1966, when the country became independent from the United Kingdom. It was designed by Whitney Smith , an American vexillologist (though originally without the black and white fimbriations , which were later additions suggested by the College of ...
The monarch's constitutional roles were mostly delegated to her representative Governor-General of Guyana. Forbes Burnham held office as the prime minister (and head of government) of Guyana during this period. The Republic of Guyana was formed on 23 February 1970 when Guyana became a republic in the Commonwealth. [2] [3]
Flag Date Use Description 1966–present: Flag of Guyana: A green field with the black-edged red isosceles triangle based on the hoist-side superimposed on the larger white-edged golden triangle, also based on the hoist-side, pointed toward the fly-side. This flag is designed by Whitney Smith [1] 1966–present: Flag of Guyana (vertical)