Between Suriname & Venezuela. Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean.

196,850 sq km 18,120 sq km 214,970 sq km

Tropical; hot, humid, moderated by northeast trade winds; two rainy seasons (May to mid-August, mid- November to mid-January.) Bauxite, gold, diamonds, hardwood timber, shrimp,& fish. Flash floods are a constant threat during rainy seasons.

459 km South America Total: 2,462 km

Arable land: 2% Permanent crops: 0% Permanent pastures: 6% Forests and woodland: 84% Other: 8%

697, years: 28.19% (male 100,194; female 96, years: 66.89% (male 234,976; female 231,360) 65 years and over: 4.92% (male 15,324; female 19,018

East Indian 49%, black 32%, mixed 12%, Amerindian 6%, white and Chinese 1%. Christian 50%, Hindu 33%, Muslim 9%, other 8%. English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Hindi, Urdu.

Republic within the Commonwealth. Georgetown Prime Minister Samuel HINDS (since NA December 1997) Green, with a red isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) superimposed on a long, yellow arrowhead; there is a narrow, black border between the red and yellow, and a narrow, white border between the yellow and the green. Here is a picture of a flag on next slide.

70, ,000 46,000 3,000

Total: 7,970 km Paved: 590 km Unpaved: 7,380 km Bartica, Georgetown, Linden, New Amsterdam, Parika. 51

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