History UsefulNotes / Guyana

* Mark Teixeira, who played 14 seasons in [[{{UsefulNotes/Baseball}} Major League Baseball]], most notably with the [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams New York Yankees]], is Portuguese-Guyanese from his father's side.

Guyana, officially the Co‑operative Republic of Guyana, is a culturally-[[UsefulNotes/TheCaribbean Caribbean]] country in northern UsefulNotes/SouthAmerica. It is one of only four non-Hispanophone territories in South America (the others being UsefulNotes/{{Brazil}}, French Guiana, and Suriname). A British colony until 1966, this country's culture is more like that of the West Indies than of South America. It is 43% East Indian, 30% Afro-Guyanese, 16.7% mixed heritage, and 10% Amerindian. There is also a small Portuguese population in Guyana (which New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira is descended from) and a Chinese population that, though tiny, has had a massive influence on Guyanese cuisine (as a result, Guyana has its own distinctive version of chow mein).

Guyana, officially the Co‑operative Republic of Guyana, is a culturally-Caribbean country in northern South America. It is one of only four non-Hispanophone territories in South America (the others being Brazil, French Guiana, and Suriname). A British colony until 1966, this country's culture is more like that of the West Indies than of South America. It is 43% East Indian, 30% Afro-Guyanese, 16.7% mixed heritage, and 10% Amerindian. There is also a small Portuguese population in Guyana (which New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira is descended from) and a Chinese population that, though tiny, has had a massive influence on Guyanese cuisine (as a result, Guyana has its own distinctive version of chow mein).

* Raymond Ablack, who plays Sav Bandhari in ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'', is Indo-Guyanese.

Finally, in the early 1990's, fair elections were restored, and the PPP won the election, putting an Indo-Guyanese (Cheddi Jagan) in the Presidency for the first time. (The PPP has won national elections ever since).

* Mark Teixeira, first baseman for the [[{{UsefulNotes/Baseball}} New York Yankees]], is Portuguese-Guyanese from his father's side.

* Guitarist Dave Baksh of the Canadian band Sum 41 is Indo-Guyanese

* '''Highest point:''' Mount Roraima (2772 m/9,094 ft) (88th)

* '''Highest point:''' Mount Roraima (2772 m/9,094 ft) (83rd)

* '''Highest point:''' Mount Roraima (2772 m/9,094 ft) (102nd)

* '''ISO-3166-1 Code:''' GY

* '''Area:''' 214,970 sq km (83,000 sq mi) (83rd)

It should be noted that Guyana (along with Suriname, and French Guiana) is '''NOT''' considered part of Latin America, since it has a different culture (basically, that of the Anglophone Caribbean), and most Guyanese people tend to get rather annoyed when people mistakenly assume that it is.

* '''ISO-3166-1 Code:''' GY

!! Guyana in fiction

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* ''Film/GuyanaTragedyTheStoryOfJimJones'' tells the story of Jim Jones' life from his birth to the murder-suicide of his Jonestown cult in Guyana.

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* In ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', the journals found in the Pokémon Mansion state that the scientists involved in cloning Mewtwo from Mew found the latter in Guyana.
* ''VideoGame/RedWorld'', taking place in an AlternateTimeline where the Soviet Union won the Cold War, has Guyana unite with French Guiana and Suriname to become the Marxist-Leninist Guyanese Union.

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* '''Area:''' 214,970 km (83,000 sq mi) (83rd)

* '''ISO-3166-1 Code:''' GY

[[AC:The Surinamese national anthem]]

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Guyana officially the Co‑operative Republic of Guyana, is a culturally-Caribbean country in northern South America. It is one of only four non-Hispanophone territories in South America (the others being Brazil, French Guiana, and Suriname). A British colony until 1966, this country's culture is more like that of the West Indies than of South America. It is 43% East Indian, 30% Afro-Guyanese, 16.7% mixed heritage, and 10% Amerindian. There is also a small Portuguese population in Guyana (which New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira is descended from) and a Chinese population that, though tiny, has had a massive influence on Guyanese cuisine (as a result, Guyana has its own distinctive version of chow mein).

A culturally-Caribbean country in northern South America. One of only four non-Hispanophone territories in South America (the others being Brazil, French Guiana, and Suriname). A British colony until 1966, this country's culture is more like that of the West Indies than of South America. It is 43% East Indian, 30% Afro-Guyanese, 16.7% mixed heritage, and 10% Amerindian. There is also a small Portuguese population in Guyana (which New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira is descended from) and a Chinese population that, though tiny, has had a massive influence on Guyanese cuisine (as a result, Guyana has its own distinctive version of chow mein).

In the late 1990's, a Jewish-American, Janet Jagan (nee Rosenberg) became President for a short time after her husband, President Cheddi Jagan, died in office. Janet Rosenberg had met Cheddi Jagan when he had been studying dentistry in the United States, married him, and moved to Guyana with him. The next President was Bharrat Jagdeo, Jagan's former finance minister, from 1999 to 2011. The current Prime Minister at the time of writing is David Granger.

One of the most fun and distinctive cultural traits of Guyanese people is their accent. They speak English, but with a VERY distinct dialect. The dialect is formally referred to as Guyanese English, or sometimes simply as Guyanese (occasionally it may be referred to as Creole, or Creolese). Basically it's a very deep Caribbean accent, although with a different, faster cadence than the Jamaican accent. The speech is usually peppered with a few surviving Hindi/Bhojpuri words (particularly if the Guyanese person is descended from Indians) and/or African words (particularly if the Guyanese person in question is Black), although there is overlap. It should be noted that almost nobody in Guyana speaks fluent Hindi/Bhojpuri (except for the Hindu priests)or any African languages, but again, some words have survived from those languages to get passed on into modern Guyanese speech. Guyanese English also tends to be '''VERY''' fast-paced, and can be quite confusing for outsiders.

Guyana in many ways can be considered a sister nation to {{UsefulNotes/TrinidadAndTobago}}, as the two nations are located very close to each other, share cultures that are almost identical, have the same religious and ethnic demographics, listen the same music, and the fact that there is significant intermarriage between Guyanese and Trinidadians.

In the late 1990's, a Jewish-American, Janet Jagan (nee Rosenberg) became President for a short time after her husband, President Cheddi Jagan, died in office. Janet Rosenberg had met Cheddi Jagan when he had been studying dentistry in the United States, married him, and moved to Guyana with him. The next President was Bharrat Jagdeo, Jagan's former finance minister, from 1999 to 2011. The current Prime Minister at the time of writing is Donald Ramotar.

* [[ProfessionalWrestling Pro Wrestler]] [[TheNexus Ezekiel Jackson]].

* ''BigBrother Canada'' contestant Aneal.

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* LeonaLewis, whose father is Guyanese and mother is British.
* {{Rihanna}}, whose mother is Guyanese and father is from Barbados.

As the culture is a Caribbean-based culture, soca, [[{{ChutneyMusic}} chutney (a popular musical form created when Caribbean nationals of Indian descent blended Indian and Caribbean styles)]], calypso, and reggae are popular in Guyana. Cricket is the national sport.