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Co-operative Republic of Guyana |
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| Capital: |
Georgetown |
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Americas |
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South America |
| Area: |
214969 |
| Population size: (2025-06-19 21:40) |
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GUY |
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+592 |
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| International organizations: |
| UNASUR |
Union of South American Nations |
| OIC |
Organization of Islamic Cooperation |
| WTO |
world Trade organisation |
| OIS |
Organization of American States |
| CELAC |
Community of Latin American and Caribbean Countries |
| ACP-EU |
Countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific |
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 A country, state, region... (60) |
| Administrative division (ADMD)
(An administrative division of a country, undifferentiated as to administrative level) | 49 | | First-order administrative division (ADM1)
(A primary administrative division of a country, such as a state in the United States) | 10 | | Independent political entity (PCLI)
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 Stream, lake... (3251) |
| Stream (STM)
(A body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land) | 2563 | | Waterfall(s) (FLLS)
(A perpendicular or very steep descent of the water of a stream) | 281 | | Lake (LK)
(A large inland body of standing water) | 35 | | Cutoff (CUTF)
(A channel formed as a result of a stream cutting through a meander neck) | 12 | | Shoal(s) (SHOL)
(A surface-navigation hazard composed of unconsolidated material) | 40 | | Intermittent stream (STMI)
| 131 | | Canal (CNL)
(An artificial watercourse) | 48 | | Rapids (RPDS)
(A turbulent section of a stream associated with a steep, irregular stream bed) | 89 | | Marine channel (CHNM)
(That part of a body of water deep enough for navigation through an area otherwise not suitable) | 4 | | Pond (PND)
(A small standing waterbody) | 11 | | Stream mouth(s) (STMM)
(A place where a stream discharges into a lagoon, lake, or the sea) | 1 | | Pool(s) (POOL)
(A small and comparatively still, deep part of a larger body of water such as a stream or harbor; or a small body of standing water) | 1 | | Irrigation system (SYSI)
(A network of ditches and one or more of the following elements: water supply, reservoir, canal, pump, well, drain, etc.) | 4 | | Inlet (INLT)
(A narrow waterway extending into the land, or connecting a bay or lagoon with a larger body of water) | 1 | | Reach (RCH)
(A straight section of a navigable stream or channel between two bends) | 2 | | Section of stream (STMX)
| 1 | | Bight(s) (BGHT)
(An open body of water forming a slight recession in a coastline) | 1 | | Anabranch (STMA)
(A diverging branch flowing out of a main stream and rejoining it downstream) | 11 | | Stream bend (STMB)
(A conspicuously curved or bent segment of a stream) | 1 | | Tidal creek(s) (CRKT)
(A meandering channel in a coastal wetland subject to bi-directional tidal currents) | 2 | | Swamp (SWMP)
(A wetland dominated by tree vegetation) | 2 | | Aqueduct (CNLA)
(A conduit used to carry water) | 1 | | Distributary(-ies) (STMD)
(A branch which flows away from the main stream, as in a delta or irrigation canal) | 2 | | Narrows (NRWS)
(A navigable narrow part of a bay, strait, river, etc.) | 3 | | Section of intermittent stream (STMIX)
| 1 | | Channel (CHN)
(The deepest part of a stream, bay, lagoon, or strait, through which the main current flows) | 1 | | Reservoir(s) (RSV)
(An artificial pond or lake) | 1 | | Harbor(s) (HBR)
(A haven or space of deep water so sheltered by the adjacent land as to afford a safe anchorage for ships) | 1 | |
 Parks, area ... (258) |
| Locality (LCTY)
(A minor area or place of unspecified or mixed character and indefinite boundaries) | 184 | | Area (AREA)
(A tract of land without homogeneous character or boundaries) | 34 | | Reserve (RES)
(A tract of public land reserved for future use or restricted as to use) | 7 | | Reservation (RESV)
(A tract of land set aside for aboriginal, tribal, or native populations) | 20 | | Industrial area (INDS)
(An area characterized by industrial activity) | 1 | | Park (PRK)
(An area, often of forested land, maintained as a place of beauty, or for recreation) | 5 | | Coast (CST)
(A zone of variable width straddling the shoreline) | 2 | | Housing development (DEVH)
(A tract of land on which many houses of similar design are built according to a development plan) | 2 | | Port (PRT)
(A place provided with terminal and transfer facilities for loading and discharging waterborne cargo or passengers, usually located in a harbor) | 3 | |
 City, village... (906) |
| Populated place (PPL)
(A city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work) | 706 | | Section of populated place (PPLX)
| 134 | | Populated locality (PPLL)
(An area similar to a locality but with a small group of dwellings or other buildings) | 55 | | Seat of a first-order administrative division (PPLA)
(Seat of a first-order administrative division (PPLC takes precedence over PPLA)) | 9 | | Capital of a political entity (PPLC)
| 1 | | Populated places (PPLS)
(Cities, towns, villages, or other agglomerations of buildings where people live and work) | 1 | |
 Road, railroad (24) |
| Portage (PTGE)
(A place where boats, goods, etc., are carried overland between navigable waters) | 1 | | Road (RD)
(An open way with improved surface for transportation of animals, people and vehicles) | 13 | | Trail (TRL)
(A path, track, or route used by pedestrians, animals, or off-road vehicles) | 7 | | Railroad (RR)
(A permanent twin steel-rail track on which freight and passenger cars move long distances) | 2 | | Road junction (RDJCT)
(A place where two or more roads join) | 1 | |
 Spot, building, farm (1086) |
| Sugar plantation (ESTSG)
(An estate that specializes in growing sugar cane) | 78 | | Estate(s) (EST)
(A large commercialized agricultural landholding with associated buildings and other facilities) | 707 | | Fort (FT)
(A defensive structure or earthworks) | 4 | | Mine(s) (MN)
(A site where mineral ores are extracted from the ground by excavating surface pits and subterranean passages) | 11 | | Landing (LDNG)
(A place where boats receive or discharge passengers and freight, but lacking most port facilities) | 57 | | Factory (MFG)
(One or more buildings where goods are manufactured, processed or fabricated) | 4 | | Triangulation station (TRIG)
(A point on the earth whose position has been determined by triangulation) | 56 | | Mission (MSSN)
(A place characterized by dwellings, school, church, hospital and other facilities operated by a religious group for the purpose of providing charitable services and to propagate religion) | 2 | | Resort (RSRT)
(A specialized facility for vacation, health, or participation sports activities) | 1 | | Dam (DAM)
(A barrier constructed across a stream to impound water) | 2 | | Cemetery (CMTY)
(A burial place or ground) | 2 | | Mill(s) (ML)
(A building housing machines for transforming, shaping, finishing, grinding, or extracting products) | 1 | | Mining camp (CMPMN)
(A camp used by miners) | 1 | | Scientific research base (STNB)
(A scientific facility used as a base from which research is carried out or monitored) | 1 | | Bridge (BDG)
(A structure erected across an obstacle such as a stream, road, etc., in order to carry roads, railroads, and pedestrians across) | 2 | | Airport (AIRP)
(A place where aircraft regularly land and take off, with runways, navigational aids, and major facilities for the commercial handling of passengers and cargo) | 30 | | Meteorological station (STNM)
(A station at which weather elements are recorded) | 1 | | Hotel (HTL)
(A building providing lodging and/or meals for the public) | 4 | | College (SCHC)
(The grounds and buildings of an institution of higher learning) | 3 | | University (UNIV)
(An institution for higher learning with teaching and research facilities constituting a graduate school and professional schools that award master's degrees and doctorates and an undergraduate division that awards bachelor's degrees.) | 1 | | Research institute (ITTR)
(A facility where research is carried out) | 1 | | Abandoned airfield (AIRQ)
| 11 | | Sluice (SLCE)
(A conduit or passage for carrying off surplus water from a waterbody, usually regulated by means of a sluice gate) | 2 | | Lock(s) (LOCK)
(A basin in a waterway with gates at each end by means of which vessels are passed from one water level to another) | 1 | | School (SCH)
(Building(s) where instruction in one or more branches of knowledge takes place) | 1 | | Prison (PRN)
(A facility for confining prisoners) | 1 | | Building(s) (BLDG)
(A structure built for permanent use, as a house, factory, etc.) | 7 | | Camp(s) (CMP)
(A site occupied by tents, huts, or other shelters for temporary use) | 1 | | Administrative facility (ADMF)
(A government building) | 1 | | Library (LIBR)
(A place in which information resources such as books are kept for reading, reference, or lending.) | 1 | | Hospital (HSP)
(A building in which sick or injured, especially those confined to bed, are medically treated) | 1 | | Airfield (AIRF)
(A place on land where aircraft land and take off; no facilities provided for the commercial handling of passengers and cargo) | 86 | | Garden(s) (GDN)
(An enclosure for displaying selected plant or animal life) | 2 | | Farm (FRM)
(A tract of land with associated buildings devoted to agriculture) | 1 | | Square (SQR)
(A broad, open, public area near the center of a town or city) | 1 | |
 Mountain, hill, rock... (592) |
| Mountain (MT)
(An elevation standing high above the surrounding area with small summit area, steep slopes and local relief of 300m or more) | 175 | | Island (ISL)
(A tract of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water) | 143 | | Hill (HLL)
(A rounded elevation of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m) | 105 | | Rocks (RKS)
(Conspicuous, isolated rocky masses) | 4 | | Mountains (MTS)
(A mountain range or a group of mountains or high ridges) | 38 | | Rock (RK)
(A conspicuous, isolated rocky mass) | 18 | | Point (PT)
(A tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water, less prominent than a cape) | 42 | | Hills (HLLS)
(Rounded elevations of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m) | 25 | | Islands (ISLS)
(Tracts of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water) | 14 | | Beach (BCH)
(A shore zone of coarse unconsolidated sediment that extends from the low-water line to the highest reach of storm waves) | 8 | | Ridge(s) (RDGE)
(A long narrow elevation with steep sides, and a more or less continuous crest) | 5 | | Cliff(s) (CLF)
(A high, steep to perpendicular slope overlooking a waterbody or lower area) | 5 | | Peak (PK)
(A pointed elevation atop a mountain, ridge, or other hypsographic feature) | 7 | | Ford (FORD)
(A shallow part of a stream which can be crossed on foot or by land vehicle) | 1 | | Polder (PLDR)
(An area reclaimed from the sea by diking and draining) | 1 | | Valley (VAL)
(An elongated depression usually traversed by a stream) | 1 | |
 Forest, heath... (3) |
| Grassland (GRSLD)
(An area dominated by grass vegetation) | 3 | |
