Guyana

Guyana is an English-speaking country where you can find untouched nature, amazing wildlife and birding experiences, rich culture and heritage, and a multiethnic Caribbean vibe.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Georgetown and Linden.
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is the largest city in and capital of Guyana.
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is one of Guyana's largest towns on the eastern end of the Coastal Plain.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Lethem and Bartica.
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is a border town of 3,000 in Guyana.
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Guyana

  • Country with 753,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 157 metres (515 feet)
  • …was formerly known as “British Guiana”
  • …has Georgetown as its capital
  • …uses the Dollar (GYD)
  • …has the phone code 592
  • …uses the internet domain .gy
  • …covers 214,970 km² (83,000 miles²)
  • Description: country in South America
  • Also known as
    “Co-operative Republic of Guyana”
    “gy”
    “Republic of Guyana”
  • Language: English
  • Neighbors
  • Categories
    sovereign state
    locality
  • Location:
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Latitude of center
5° north
Longitude of center
-59° or 59° west
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
3378535
Wiki­data ID
Q734

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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Guyana” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Гаиана”
  • Abkhazian: “Гаианатәи Акооперативтә Республика”
  • Achinese: “Guyana”
  • Adyghe: “Гайанэ”
  • Afrikaans: “Guyana”
  • Akan: “Gayana”
  • Albanian: “Guajana”
  • Albanian: “Guajanë”
  • Albanian: “Guiana”
  • Amharic: “ጉያና”
  • Amharic: “ጋያና”
  • Amis: “Guyana”
  • Angika: “गुयाना”
  • Arabic: “جمهورية التعاونية غويانا”
  • Arabic: “جمهورية التعاونية غيانا”
  • Arabic: “جمهورية غيانا التعاونية”
  • Arabic: “غوايانا”
  • Arabic: “غويانا”
  • Arabic: “غيانا”
  • Aragonese: “Guyana”
  • Armenian: “Գայանա”
  • Arpitan: “Guyana”
  • Assamese: “গায়ানা”
  • Asturian: “Guyana”
  • Atayal: “Guyana”
  • Awadhi: “गयाना”
  • Aymara: “Wayana”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qayana”
  • Balinese: “Guyana”
  • Bambara: “Gwiyana”
  • Bashkir: “Гайана”
  • Basque: “Guiana”
  • Basque: “Guyana”
  • Batak Toba: “Guyana”
  • Bavarian: “Guyana”
  • Belarusian: “Гаяна”
  • Bengali: “গায়ানা”
  • Bengali: “গিয়ানা”
  • Bengali: “গুইয়ানা”
  • Betawi: “Guyana”
  • Bhojpuri: “गयाना”
  • Bishnupriya: “গায়েনা”
  • Bislama: “Guyana”
  • Bosnian: “Gvajana”
  • Breton: “Guyana”
  • Breton: “Gwiana”
  • Breton: “Republik Kevelourel Guyana”
  • Breton: “Republik Kevelourel Gwiana”
  • Bulgarian: “Гаяна”
  • Burmese: “ဂိုင်ယာနာ”
  • Burmese: “ဂိုင်ယာနာနိုင်ငံ”
  • Catalan: “Guyana”
  • Catalan: “República Cooperativa de Guyana”
  • Catalan: “República de Guyana”
  • Cebuano: “Guyana”
  • Central Bikol: “Guyana”
  • Central Kurdish: “گویانا”
  • Chavacano: “Guyana”
  • Chechen: “Гайана”
  • Cheyenne: “Guyana”
  • Chinese: “圭亚那 / 蓋亞那 / 圭亞那”
  • Chinese: “圭亚那”
  • Chinese: “圭亚那合作共和国”
  • Chinese: “圭亞那”
  • Chinese: “圭雅那”
  • Chinese: “蓋亞那”
  • Chuvash: “Гайана”
  • Cornish: “Gwayana”
  • Cornish: “Gyana”
  • Corsican: “Guiana”
  • Corsican: “Guyana”
  • Corsican: “Republica Cooperativa di Guiana”
  • Corsican: “Republica Cooperativa di Guyana”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Gayana”
  • Croatian: “Gvajana”
  • Czech: “Guyana”
  • Czech: “Guyanská kooperativní republika”
  • Dagbani: “Guyana”
  • Danish: “Guyana”
  • Dhivehi: “ގުޔާނާ”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Guyana”
  • Dotyali: “गुयना”
  • Dotyali: “गुयाना”
  • Dutch: “Coöperatieve Republiek Guyana”
  • Dutch: “Guyana”
  • Dzongkha: “གྷ་ཡ་ན”
  • Eastern Mari: “Гайана”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جايانا”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جويانا”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جيانا”
  • Esperanto: “Gujano”
  • Esperanto: “Koopera Respubliko Gujano”
  • Esperanto: “Respubliko Gujano”
  • Estonian: “Guyana Kooperatiivne Vabariik”
  • Estonian: “Guyana Vabariik”
  • Estonian: “Guyana”
  • Ewe: “Guyana”
  • Ewe: “Guyanadu”
  • Extremaduran: “Guyana”
  • Faroese: “Gujana”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Guyana”
  • Finnish: “Guyana”
  • Finnish: “Guyanan kooperatiivinen tasavalta”
  • Finnish: “Guyanan tasavalta”
  • French: “Guyana”
  • French: “Guyane britannique”
  • French: “République coopérative du Guyana”
  • Fulah: “Giyaan”
  • Fulah: “Guyaana”
  • Gagauz: “Gayana”
  • Galician: “Güiana”
  • Galician: “República Cooperativa de Güiana”
  • Ganda: “Gayana”
  • Georgian: “გაიანა”
  • German: “Guyana”
  • German: “Kooperative Republik Guyana”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Guyana”
  • Gilaki: “گۊیان”
  • Goan Konkani: “Guyana”
  • Goan Konkani: “गयाना”
  • Goan Konkani: “गुयाना”
  • Gothic: “𐌵𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌰”
  • Greek: “Γουιάνα”
  • Greek: “Συνεργατική Δημοκρατία της Γουιάνας”
  • Guarani: “Gujána”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Gwiyannan”
  • Gujarati: “ગયાના”
  • Gujarati: “ગિયાના”
  • Gujarati: “ગુયાના”
  • Haitian: “Giyàn”
  • Haitian: “Giyana”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Guyana”
  • Hausa: “Guyana”
  • Hawaiian: “Kaiana”
  • Hawaiian: “Kiana”
  • Hebrew: “גיאנה”
  • Hindi: “गयाना”
  • Hindi: “गुयाना”
  • Hungarian: “Brit Guyana”
  • Hungarian: “Guyana”
  • Hungarian: “Guyanai Szövetkezeti Köztársaság”
  • Icelandic: “Gvæjana”
  • Ido: “Guyana”
  • Igbo: “Guyana”
  • Iloko: “Guyana”
  • Inari Sami: “Guyana kooperatiivlâš täsiväldi”
  • Inari Sami: “Guyana täsiväldi”
  • Inari Sami: “Guyana”
  • Indonesian: “Guyana”
  • Indonesian: “Republik Guyana”
  • Indonesian: “Republik Kooperatif Guyana”
  • Interlingua: “Guyana”
  • Interlingue: “Guyana”
  • Irish: “an Ghuáin”
  • Irish: “An Ghuáin”
  • Italian: “Guyana”
  • Italian: “Repubblica Cooperativa di Guyana”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Gayana”
  • Japanese: “ガイアナ”
  • Japanese: “ガイアナ共和国”
  • Japanese: “ガイアナ協同共和国”
  • Javanese: “Guyana”
  • Kabardian: “Гайанэ”
  • Kabyle: “Guyana”
  • Kalaallisut: “Guyana”
  • Kalmyk: “Ниитә Гайанмудин Орн”
  • Kannada: “ಗಯಾನ”
  • Kannada: “ಗಯಾನಾ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Gayana”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Гайана”
  • Karekare: “Guyana”
  • Kashmiri: “گیانا”
  • Kashmiri: “گُیانا”
  • Kazakh: “Гайана”
  • Khmer: “ហ្គីយ៉ាន”
  • Kikuyu: “Guyana”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Giyana”
  • Kirghiz: “Гайана”
  • Kongo: “Guyana”
  • Korean: “가이아나”
  • Kurdish: “Guyana”
  • Ladin: “Guyana”
  • Ladino: “Guyana”
  • Lao: “ກາຍຢານາ”
  • Lao: “ປະເທດກາຍອານາ”
  • Lao: “ປະເທດກຸຍຢານ”
  • Latgalian: “Gajana”
  • Latin: “Guiana”
  • Latvian: “Gajāna”
  • Ligurian: “Guyana”
  • Limburgan: “Guyana”
  • Lingala: “Giyane”
  • Lingala: “Gwiana”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Guiana”
  • Literary Chinese: “圭亞那”
  • Lithuanian: “Gajana”
  • Lithuanian: “Gajanos Kooperacinė Respublika”
  • Lithuanian: “Gajanos Respublika”
  • Livvi: “Gaijana”
  • Lojban: “gudjanas”
  • Lombard: “Gujana”
  • Low German: “Guyana”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Guyana”
  • Luba-Katanga: “Ngiyane”
  • Lule Sami: “Gujádna”
  • Lule Sami: “Guyánna”
  • Luxembourgish: “Guyana”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Gaiana”
  • Macedonian: “Гвајана”
  • Madurese: “Guyana”
  • Malagasy: “Goiana”
  • Malagasy: “Guyana”
  • Malay: “Guyana”
  • Malayalam: “ഗയാന”
  • Maltese: “Gujana”
  • Maltese: “Guyana”
  • Maltese: “il-Guyana”
  • Maltese: “Repubblika Kooperattiva tal-Guyana”
  • Manipuri: “ꯒꯨꯌꯥꯅꯥ”
  • Manx: “Geeaaney”
  • Manx: “Gheeaaney”
  • Maori: “Kaiana”
  • Marathi: “गयाना”
  • Mazanderani: “گایان”
  • Mazanderani: “گویان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Guyana”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Guyana”
  • Minangkabau: “Guyana”
  • Mingrelian: “გაიანა”
  • Moksha: “Гайана”
  • Moksha: “Гаяна”
  • Mongolian: “Гайана”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ڭويانا”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ݣويانا”
  • Nauru: “Guyana”
  • Navajo: “Eʼeʼaahjí Tółáníinii Bikéyah”
  • Nepali: “गयाना”
  • Nepali: “गुयना”
  • Nepali: “गुयाना”
  • Newari: “गायना”
  • North Ndebele: “Guyana”
  • Northern Frisian: “Guyaana”
  • Northern Sami: “Guyana dásseváldi”
  • Northern Sami: “Guyana kooperatiiva dásseváldi”
  • Northern Sami: “Guyana”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den kooperative republikk Guyana”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Guyana”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Guyana”
  • Norwegian: “Guyana”
  • Novial: “Guyana”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Guyana”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Guyana”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Republica cooporativa de Guyana”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Guyana”
  • Oriya: “ଗାଇଓନା”
  • Oriya: “ଗାୟନା”
  • Oriya: “ଗୁଇନା”
  • Oromo: “Gayaanaa”
  • Ossetian: “Гайанæ”
  • Pali: “गयाना”
  • Pampanga: “Guyana”
  • Panjabi: “ਗੁਇਆਨਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਗੁਯਾਨਾ”
  • Papiamento: “Guyana”
  • Persian: “گویان”
  • Piemontese: “Gujan-a”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Gwiiana”
  • Polish: “Gujana”
  • Portuguese: “Guiana”
  • Portuguese: “gy”
  • Portuguese: “República Cooperativa da Guiana”
  • Portuguese: “República da Guiana”
  • Pushto: “ګويانا”
  • Pushto: “ګيانا”
  • Pushto: “ګیانا”
  • Quechua: “Guyana”
  • Quechua: “Wayana”
  • Rakhine: “ဂိုင်ယာနာသမ္မတနိုင်ငံ”
  • Romanian: “Guiana”
  • Romanian: “Guyana”
  • Romansh: “Guyana”
  • Rundi: “Guyane”
  • Russia Buriat: “Гайана”
  • Russian: “Гайана”
  • Russian: “Кооперативная Республика Гайана”
  • Sakizaya: “Guyana”
  • Samoan: “Guyana”
  • Samogitian: “Gajana”
  • Sango: “Gayâna”
  • Sanskrit: “गयाना”
  • Santali: “ᱜᱟᱭᱟᱱᱟ”
  • Sardinian: “Guyana”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Guyana”
  • Scots: “Co-operative Republic o Guyana”
  • Scots: “Guyana”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Guiana”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Guidheàna”
  • Serbian: “Gvajana”
  • Serbian: “Гвајана”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gvajana”
  • Shan: “မိူင်းၵၢႆႇယႃးၼႃႇ”
  • Shona: “Guyana”
  • Sicilian: “Cuiana”
  • Sicilian: “Cujana”
  • Sicilian: “Guiana”
  • Sicilian: “Gujana”
  • Silesian: “Gujana”
  • Sindhi: “گيانا”
  • Sinhala: “ගයනාව”
  • Sinhala: “ගයානා”
  • Skolt Sami: “Guyana kooperatiivlaž tääʹssväʹldd”
  • Skolt Sami: “Guyana tääʹssväʹldd”
  • Skolt Sami: “Guyana”
  • Slovak: “Guayana”
  • Slovak: “Guyana”
  • Slovak: “Guyanská kooperatívna republika”
  • Slovenian: “Gvajana”
  • Somali: “Guyana”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قویان”
  • Spanish: “Guyana”
  • Spanish: “República Cooperativa de Guyana”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Kayanakondre”
  • Sundanese: “Guyana”
  • Swahili: “Guyana”
  • Swedish: “Guyana”
  • Swedish: “Kooperativa republiken Guyana”
  • Swiss German: “Guyana”
  • Tagalog: “Guyana”
  • Tajik: “Гайана”
  • Tamil: “கயானா”
  • Taroko: “Guyana”
  • Tatar: “Гайана”
  • Telugu: “గయానా”
  • Tetum: “Giana”
  • Thai: “กายอานา”
  • Thai: “กายานา”
  • Thai: “ประเทศกายอานา”
  • Tibetan: “གྷུ་ཡཱ་ན།”
  • Tibetan: “གུ་ཡ་ན།”
  • Tigrinya: “ጉያና”
  • Tok Pisin: “Giana”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Kuiana”
  • Tumbuka: “Guyana”
  • Tunisian Arabic: “ڨيانا”
  • Turkish: “Guyana”
  • Turkmen: “Gaýana”
  • Udmurt: “Гайана”
  • Uighur: “گايانا”
  • Uighur: “گۋىئانا”
  • Uighur: “گىۋىيانا”
  • Ukrainian: “Co-operative Republic of Guyana”
  • Ukrainian: “Гайана”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґайана”
  • Ukrainian: “Гаяна”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґаяна”
  • Ukrainian: “Кооперативна Республіка Гайана”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Guyana”
  • Urdu: “گیانا”
  • Uzbek: “Gayana”
  • Venetian: “Guiana”
  • Venetian: “Guyana”
  • Veps: “Gajan”
  • Vietnamese: “Cộng hoà Hợp tác Guyana”
  • Vietnamese: “Cộng hòa Hợp tác Guyana”
  • Vietnamese: “Guy-a-na”
  • Vietnamese: “Guyana”
  • Vlaams: “Guyana”
  • Vlax Romani: “Guyana”
  • Volapük: “Gvayän”
  • Võro: “Guyana”
  • Walloon: “Gwiyane”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Guyana”
  • Welsh: “Gaiana”
  • Welsh: “Guyana”
  • Western Armenian: “Կայանա”
  • Western Frisian: “Gujana”
  • Western Frisian: “Guyana”
  • Western Mari: “Гайана”
  • Western Panjabi: “گویانا”
  • Western Panjabi: “گیانا”
  • Western Panjabi: “گیاںا”
  • Wolof: “Giyaan”
  • Wolof: “Guyaana”
  • Wu Chinese: “圭亚那”
  • Yakut: “Гайана”
  • Yiddish: “גויאנע”
  • Yiddish: “גויאַנע”
  • Yiddish: “גייאנע”
  • Yoruba: “Guyana”
  • Yoruba: “Gùyánà”
  • Yue Chinese: “圭亞那”
  • Zeeuws: “Huyana”
  • Zhuang: “Gveihyanaz”
  • Zulu: “i-Guyana”
  • “GUY”
  • “ma Kajana”
  • “ma Kijana”

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