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Guyana Researched via: http://wikipedia.org http://wikipedia.org Student Name: Brionna Umstead Date: 6-3-10
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Where is Guyana located? Guyana is on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean
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Flag, Motto, Anthem: The flag colors are green for agriculture and forests, white for rivers and water, gold for mineral wealth, black for endurance, and red for zeal and dynamism. The motto is "One people, one nation, one destiny" The anthem is “Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains"
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Sports: Guyana sports are cricket, softball cricket, football, netball, rounders, lawn tennis, basketball, table tennis, boxing, squash etc.
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Economy: GDP/PPP (2007 estimate) GDPPPP –US$3.082 billion (US$4,029 per capita) Real growth rate –3.6% Inflation –12.3% Unemployment –9.1% (2000, understated[citation needed])citation needed Arable land –2% Labour force –418,000 (2001 estimate) Agricultural produce –sugar, rice, vegetable oils, beef, pork, poultry, dairy products, fish, shrimps Industrial produce –bauxite, sugar, rice milling, timber, textiles, gold miningbauxite Natural resources –bauxite, gold, diamonds, hardwood timber, shrimp, fish Exports –US$621.6 million (2006 estimate) sugar, gold, bauxite/alumina, rice, shrimp, molasses, rum, timber.molasses Imports –US$706.9 million (2006 estimate) manufactured items, machinery, petroleum, food. Major trading partners –Canada, US, UK, Portugal, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, China, Cuba, Singapore, Japan, Brazil, Suriname (2009)
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Famous People: John Agard (poet) Eddy Grant (musian) Valerie Amos David Case Martin Carter Laura Creavalle Ezekiel Jackson
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What do you or your peers like the most about Guyana? This is a cool place and I know people from there.
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