Co-operative Republic of Guyana
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Capital and largest city	Georgetown 6°46′N 58°10′W / 6.767°N 58.167°W / 6.767; -58.167
Official languages	English
Guyanese Creole
Ethnic groups	East Indian 43.5% Black (African) 30.2% Mixed 16.7% Amerindian 9.1% Other 0.5%
Demonym(s)	Guyanese
Government	Unitary Semi-presidential republic
• President	Mohamed Irfaan Ali
• Prime Minister	Mark Phillips
Independence
• Dutch Guiana	1667–1814
• British Guiana	1814–1966
• from the United Kingdom	26 May 1966
• Republic	23 February 1970
Area
• Total	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (84th)
• Water (%)	8.4
Population
• July 2010 estimate	752,9401 (161st)
• 2002 census	751,223
• Density	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (225th)
GDP (PPP)	2010 estimate
• Total	$5.379 billion
• Per capita	$6,964
GDP (nominal)	2010 estimate
• Total	$2.215 billion
• Per capita	$2,868
HDI (2010)	0.611 medium · 107th
Currency	Guyanese dollar (GYD)
Time zone	UTC-4 (GYT Guyana Time)
Driving side	left
Calling code	592
ISO 3166 code	GY
Internet TLD	.gy
Around one-third of the people (230,000) live in the capital, Georgetown.

The Co-operative Republic of Guyana (formerly British Guiana) is a country in South America. It is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world (700,000 people live there inside its over 200,000 km² of area). Georgetown is the capital; like most of the country's settlements, it is on a flat coastal plain that goes from northwest to southeast. Venezuela claims the land west of the Essequibo River as part of Guayana Esequiba.