GUYANA GUYANA REGION AFRICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE MAY 26 1966 FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION OCTOBER 6 1980 POPULATION 705156 1999 EST AREA 83044 SQ MI CAPITAL GEORGETOWN FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES BAUXITE GOLD DIAMONDS TIMBER FISH SHRIMP MAIN INDUSTRIES MINING TEXTILES SUGAR REFINING TIMBER FISHING AGRICULTURE SUGARCANE RICE CITRUS FRUITS WHEAT VEGETABLES CATTLE PIGS POULTRY CURRENCY DOLLAR GDP 1.8 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 2500 1998 EST LANGUAGES ENGLISH OFFICIAL AMERICAN INDIAN DIALECTS RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY HINDUISM ISLAM LITERACY RATE 98 LIFE EXPECTANCY 59 YEARS MALE 65 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 18 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 9 PER 1000 POPULATION
