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World Gazetteer Results for Mahaica-Berbice:
NameMahaica-Berbice
Geographical TypeRegion
Population64515
CountryGuyana
Dictionary Results for Guyana:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Guyana
    n 1: a republic in northeastern South America; formerly part of
         the British Empire, but it achieved independence from the
         United Kingdom in 1966 [syn: Guyana, Co-operative
         Republic of Guyana, British Guiana]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Guyana

   Introduction Guyana
   -------------------
                            Background: Guyana achieved independence from
                                        the UK in 1966 and became a republic
                                        in 1970. In 1989 Guyana launched an
                                        Economic Recovery Program, which
                                        marked a dramatic reversal from a
                                        state-controlled, socialist economy
                                        towards a more open, free market
                                        system. Results through the first
                                        decade have proven encouraging.
  
   Geography Guyana
   ----------------
                              Location: Northern South America, bordering
                                        the North Atlantic Ocean, between
                                        Suriname and Venezuela
                Geographic coordinates: 5 00 N, 59 00 W
                        Map references: South America
                                  Area: total: 214,970 sq km
                                        water: 18,120 sq km
                                        land: 196,850 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Idaho
                       Land boundaries: total: 2,462 km
                                        border countries: Brazil 1,119 km,
                                        Suriname 600 km, Venezuela 743 km
                             Coastline: 459 km
                       Maritime claims: continental shelf: 200 NM or to the
                                        outer edge of the continental margin
  
                                        exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                               Climate: tropical; hot, humid, moderated by
                                        northeast trade winds; two rainy
                                        seasons (May to mid-August, mid-
                                        November to mid-January)
                               Terrain: mostly rolling highlands; low
                                        coastal plain; savanna in south
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
                                        highest point: Mount Roraima 2,835 m
                     Natural resources: bauxite, gold, diamonds, hardwood
                                        timber, shrimp, fish
                              Land use: arable land: 2.44%
                                        permanent crops: 0.08%
                                        other: 97.48% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 1,500 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: flash floods are a constant threat
                                        during rainy seasons
          Environment - current issues: water pollution from sewage and
                                        agricultural and industrial
                                        chemicals; deforestation
            Environment - international party to: Biodiversity, Climate
                            agreements: Change, Desertification, Endangered
                                        Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of
                                        the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection,
                                        Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83,
                                        Tropical Timber 94
                                        signed, but not ratified: none of
                                        the selected agreements
                      Geography - note: the third-smallest country in South
                                        America after Suriname and Uruguay;
                                        substantial portions of its western
                                        and eastern territories are claimed
                                        by Venezuela and Suriname
                                        respectively
  
   People Guyana
   -------------
                            Population: 698,209
                                        note: estimates for this country
                                        explicitly take into account the
                                        effects of excess mortality due to
                                        AIDS; this can result in lower life
                                        expectancy, higher infant mortality
                                        and death rates, lower population
                                        and growth rates, and changes in the
                                        distribution of population by age
                                        and sex than would otherwise be
                                        expected (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 27.6% (male 98,198;
                                        female 94,397)
                                        15-64 years: 67.4% (male 237,324;
                                        female 233,400)
                                        65 years and over: 5% (male 15,510;
                                        female 19,380) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 0.23% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 17.89 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 9.33 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: -6.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 1.01 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 38.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 62.59 years
                                        female: 65.34 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 59.96 years
                  Total fertility rate: 2.09 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 3.01% (1999 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ 15,000 (1999 est.)
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: 900 (1999 est.)
                           Nationality: noun: Guyanese (singular and plural)
  
                                        adjective: Guyanese
                         Ethnic groups: East Indian 50%, black 36%,
                                        Amerindian 7%, white, Chinese, and
                                        mixed 7%
                             Religions: Christian 50%, Hindu 35%, Muslim
                                        10%, other 5%
                             Languages: English, Amerindian dialects,
                                        Creole, Hindi, Urdu
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over has ever
                                        attended school
                                        total population: 98.1%
                                        male: 98.6%
                                        female: 97.5% (1995 est.)
  
   Government Guyana
   -----------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Co-operative
                                        Republic of Guyana
                                        conventional short form: Guyana
                                        former: British Guiana
                       Government type: republic within the Commonwealth
                               Capital: Georgetown
              Administrative divisions: 10 regions; Barima-Waini, Cuyuni-
                                        Mazaruni, Demerara-Mahaica, East
                                        Berbice-Corentyne, Essequibo
                                        Islands-West Demerara, Mahaica-
                                        Berbice, Pomeroon-Supenaam, Potaro-
                                        Siparuni, Upper Demerara-Berbice,
                                        Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo
                          Independence: 26 May 1966 (from UK)
                      National holiday: Republic Day, 23 February (1970)
                          Constitution: 6 October 1980
                          Legal system: based on English common law with
                                        certain admixtures of Roman-Dutch
                                        law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
                                        jurisdiction
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President Bharrat
                                        JAGDEO (since 11 August 1999); note
                                        - assumed presidency after
                                        resignation of President JAGAN
                                        head of government: Prime Minister
                                        Samuel HINDS (since NA December
                                        1997)
                                        cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers
                                        appointed by the president,
                                        responsible to the legislature
                                        elections: president elected by the
                                        majority party in the National
                                        Assembly following legislative
                                        elections, which must be held at
                                        least every five years; elections
                                        last held 19 March 2001 (next to be
                                        held by March 2006); prime minister
                                        appointed by the president
                                        election results: President Bharrat
                                        JAGDEO reelected; percent of
                                        legislative vote - NA%
                    Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly (68
                                        seats, 65 elected by popular vote, 1
                                        elected Speaker of the National
                                        Assembly, and 2 nonvoting members
                                        appointed by the president; members
                                        serve five-year terms)
                                        elections: last held 19 March 2001
                                        (next to be held NA March 2006)
                                        election results: percent of vote by
                                        party - NA%; seats by party - PPP/
                                        C 34, PNC 27, GAP and WPA 2, ROAR 1,
                                        TUF 1
                       Judicial branch: Supreme Court of Judicature;
                                        Judicial Court of Appeal; High Court
         Political parties and leaders: Alliance for Guyana or AFG (includes
                                        Guyana Labor Party or GLP and
                                        Working People's Alliance or WPA)
                                        [Rupert ROOPNARAINE]; Guyana Action
                                        Party or GAP [Paul HARDY]; Guyana
                                        Labor Party or GLP [leader NA];
                                        People's National Congress or PNC
                                        [Hugh Desmond HOYTE]; People's
                                        Progressive Party/Civic or PPP/C
                                        [Bharrat JAGDEO]; Rise, Organize,
                                        and Rebuild or ROAR [Ravi DEV]; The
                                        United Force or TUF [Manzoor NADIR];
                                        Working People's Alliance or WPA
                                        [Rupert ROOPNARAINE]
          Political pressure groups and Civil Liberties Action Committee or
                               leaders: CLAC; Guyana Council of Indian
                                        Organizations or GCIO; Trades Union
                                        Congress or TUC
                                        note: the GCIO and the CLAC are
                                        small and active but not well
                                        organized
             International organization ACP, C, Caricom, CCC, CDB, ECLAC,
                         participation: FAO, G-77, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU,
                                        ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO,
                                        IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO
                                        (subscriber), ITU, LAES, NAM, OAS,
                                        OIC, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, UN,
                                        UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL,
                                        WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Dr. Ali
                                        Odeen ISHMAEL
                                        chancery: 2490 Tracy Place NW,
                                        Washington, DC 20008
                                        consulate(s) general: New York
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 232-1297
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 265-6900
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador Ronald
                                    US: D. GODARD
                                        embassy: 100 Young and Duke Streets,
                                        Kingston, Georgetown
                                        mailing address: P. O. Box 10507,
                                        Georgetown
                                        telephone: [592] 225-4900 through
                                        4909 and [592] 225-7961 through 7963
  
                                        FAX: [592] 225-7316
                      Flag description: green, with a red isosceles triangle
                                        (based on the hoist side)
                                        superimposed on a long, yellow
                                        arrowhead; there is a narrow, black
                                        border between the red and yellow,
                                        and a narrow, white border between
                                        the yellow and the green
  
   Economy Guyana
   --------------
                    Economy - overview: The Guyanese economy has exhibited
                                        moderate economic growth since 1999,
                                        based on an expansion in the
                                        agricultural and mining sectors, a
                                        more favorable atmosphere for
                                        business initiatives, a more
                                        realistic exchange rate, fairly low
                                        inflation, and the continued support
                                        of international organizations.
                                        Chronic problems include a shortage
                                        of skilled labor and a deficient
                                        infrastructure. The government is
                                        juggling a sizable external debt
                                        against the urgent need for expanded
                                        public investment. Low prices for
                                        key mining and agricultural
                                        commodities combined with troubles
                                        in the bauxite and sugar industries
                                        threaten the government's already
                                        tenuous fiscal position and dim
                                        prospects for 2002.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $2.5
                                        billion (2000 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 2.8% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $3,600
                                        (2000 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 36.1%
                                        industry: 31.8%
                                        services: 32.1% (2000)
         Population below poverty line: NA%
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: NA%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: NA%
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6% (2001 est.)
                           Labor force: 418,000 (2001 est.)
           Labor force - by occupation: agriculture NA%, industry NA%,
                                        services NA%
                     Unemployment rate: 9.1% (2000) (understated)
                                Budget: revenues: $227 million
                                        expenditures: $235.2 million,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $93.4 million (2000)
                            Industries: bauxite, sugar, rice milling,
                                        timber, textiles, gold mining
     Industrial production growth rate: 7.1% (1997 est.)
              Electricity - production: 505 million kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 99.01%
                                        hydro: 0.99%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 469.65 million kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: sugar, rice, wheat, vegetable oils;
                                        beef, pork, poultry, dairy products;
                                        fish (shrimp)
                               Exports: $505 million (f.o.b., 2000)
                 Exports - commodities: sugar, gold, bauxite/alumina, rice,
                                        shrimp, molasses, rum, timber
                    Exports - partners: Canada 22%, US 22%, UK 18%,
                                        Netherlands Antilles 11% (1999)
                               Imports: $585 million (c.i.f., 2000)
                 Imports - commodities: manufactures, machinery, petroleum,
                                        food
                    Imports - partners: US 29%, Trinidad and Tobago 18%,
                                        Netherlands Antilles 16%, UK 7%
                                        (1999)
                       Debt - external: $1.1 billion (2000)
              Economic aid - recipient: $84 million (1995), Heavily Indebted
                                        Poor Country Initiative (HIPC) $253
                                        million (1997)
                              Currency: Guyanese dollar (GYD)
                         Currency code: GYD
                        Exchange rates: Guyanese dollars per US dollar -
                                        189.5 (December 2001), 187.3 (2001),
                                        182.4 (2000), 178.0 (1999), 150.5
                                        (1998), 142.4 (1997)
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Guyana
   ---------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 70,000 (2000)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 6,100 (2000)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: fair system for
                                        long-distance calling
                                        domestic: microwave radio relay
                                        network for trunk lines
                                        international: tropospheric scatter
                                        to Trinidad; satellite earth station
                                        - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 3, shortwave 1 (1998)
                                Radios: 420,000 (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 3 (one public station; two private
                                        stations which relay US satellite
                                        services) (1997)
                           Televisions: 46,000 (1997)
                 Internet country code: .gy
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 3 (2000)
                        Internet users: 3,000 (2000)
  
   Transportation Guyana
   ---------------------
                              Railways: total: 187 km
                                        standard gauge: 139 km 1.435-m gauge
  
                                        note: all dedicated to ore transport
                                        (2001 est.)
                                        narrow gauge: 48 km 0.914-m gauge
                              Highways: total: 7,970 km
                                        paved: 590 km
                                        unpaved: 7,380 km (1996)
                             Waterways: 5,900 km (total length of navigable
                                        waterways)
                                        note: Berbice, Demerara, and
                                        Essequibo rivers are navigable by
                                        oceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100
                                        km, and 80 km, respectively
                     Ports and harbors: Bartica, Georgetown, Linden, New
                                        Amsterdam, Parika
                       Merchant marine: total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 2,929 GRT/4,507 DWT
                                        ships by type: cargo 2 (2002 est.)
                              Airports: 51 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 6
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 1
                                        under 914 m: 3 (2001)
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 45
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 8
                                        under 914 m: 36 (2001)
  
   Military Guyana
   ---------------
                     Military branches: Guyana Defense Force (including
                                        Ground Forces, Coast Guard, and Air
                                        Corps), Guyana Police Force, Guyana
                                        People's Militia, Guyana National
                                        Service
      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 206,199 (2002 est.)
   Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 155,058 (2002 est.)
                               service:
         Military expenditures - dollar $NA
                                figure:
     Military expenditures - percent of NA%
                                   GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Guyana
   ---------------------------
              Disputes - international: all of the area west of the
                                        Essequibo (river) claimed by
                                        Venezuela; Suriname claims area
                                        between New (Upper Courantyne) and
                                        Courantyne/Kutari [Koetari] rivers
                                        (all headwaters of the Courantyne);
                                        territorial sea boundary with
                                        Suriname is in dispute
                         Illicit drugs: transshipment point for narcotics
                                        from South America - primarily
                                        Venezuela - to Europe and the US;
                                        producer of cannabis
  
                                       



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