Capital city:                          Georgetown

Region:                                South America

Area:                                     214 970 km²

Population:                          697 181

Main cities:                          Linden, New Amsterdam, Corriverton, Mahaicony

Currency:                             Guyanese dollar

Dial code:                            592

Internet code:                      GY

Information: Guyana is a South American country located on the Guyana shield. It was the only British colony in the area. Landscape can be divided into three regions: a thin plain with swamps boarding the Atlantic coast, an inland belt of white sand with rainforest and most ore deposits, and at last the largest part of the country which is made of mountains and savannah. The highest point is mount Roraima with 2,835 metres.