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圭亚那 Guyana   首都:乔治敦  国家代码: gy   
  朝代
  圭亚那(Guyana)在南美洲北部,是南美洲唯一说英语的国家,也是英联邦成员国。东邻苏里南,南临巴西,西邻委内瑞拉,北邻大西洋。圭亚那与苏里南和委内瑞拉有国界争议─西属圭亚那。为南美洲国家联盟的成员国。
  
  历史
  1498年克里斯多福·哥伦布来到圭亚那的海岸。一百多年后荷兰人开始在这里殖民。从1604年开始法国和英国开始在这里殖民。
  
  从1852年到1951年法国在法属圭亚那前的一个岛上建立了一个著名的流放犯人的集中营。
  
  从1947年开始法属圭亚那拥有有限的自治权。从此该地区在法国国民议会和参议会有两个议员席。
  
  1968年欧洲在库鲁建立了一个太空发射场。亚利安火箭在这个发射场发射 2006年8月31日,圭亚那选举委员会宣布,总统巴拉特·贾格德奥在8月28日的大选中以54.6%的得票率获得连任。贾格德奥所在的人民进步党赢得国民议会65个席位中的36个,人民全国大会党获得了22个议会席位。
  
  地理
  位于南美大陆北缘,北滨大西洋,东为苏里南,南与巴西接壤,西接委内瑞拉。
  
  经济
  财政收支 岁入2亿8千7百万美元, 岁出3亿7百万美元(2004年) 输出总值(美元) 4.994亿美元(2007年) 输入总值(美元) 8.358亿万美元(2007年) 主要输出项目 铁矾土、糖、虾、木材、黄金及米等 主要输入项目 资本财、燃料、机械、化学品、建材及消费品等 主要出口国 除加勒比海共同体之会员国外,另为美、英及加拿大等国 主要进口国 美、英及加拿大等国
  
  人口
  770,794人(2008年) 印度裔约占49%,黑非裔32%,印非混血12%,余为土著、华侨及欧洲裔。


  Guyana (pronounced /ɡaɪˈænə/) officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and previously known as British Guiana, is a state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Discovered by Europeans in 1498, Guyana's past is punctuated by battles fought and won, possessions lost and regained as the Spanish, French, Dutch and British wrangled for centuries to own the land. It is the only state of the Commonwealth of Nations on mainland South America. Guyana is bordered to the east by Suriname, to the south and southwest by Brazil, to the west by Venezuela, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean.
  
  Historically, the region known as "Guiana" (Land of Many Waters) was comprised of the large shield landmass north of the Amazon River and East of the Orinoco River. Five sub-regions were carved out of the landmass by colonial powers in the late 17th and early 18th century; Spanish Guiana (now eastern Venezuela), Portuguese Guiana (now northern Brazil), British Guiana (Guyana), Dutch Guiana (Suriname) and the present French overseas department of French Guiana, Guyana achieved independence from Great Britain in 1966. At 215,000 km2, Guyana is the third-smallest independent state on the mainland of South America (after Uruguay, Suriname). Its population is approximately 770,000. It is one of the five non-Spanish-speaking territories on the continent, along with the countries of Brazil (Portuguese), Suriname (Dutch), French Guiana (French) and the British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands (English). Georgetown, Guyana's capital is the seat of Secretariat of the Caribbean Community Caricom.
 

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