Fully integrated in the French Republic in the 21st century, French Guiana is a part of the European Union, and its official currency is the euro….French Guiana.

Guiana is a Department of France and no longer a colony. Its political status is similar to the state of Hawaii. The French sent 12,000 settlers to Guiana in 1763, but within a year only 2000 were still alive. The tropical climate made Guiana unsuitable for Europeans to colonize.

French Guiana, like many other small French insular and quasi-insular territories including the nearby French West Indies, remained French because there was little interest in separating from a much larger and wealthier country willing to support the local economy and population.

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Curry is widely popular in Guyana and most types of meat can be curried: chicken, seafood, goat, lamb, and even duck. Caribbean ground provisions (known colloquially as provisions) are part of the staple diet and include cassava, sweet potato, and eddoes.

Hinduism is the religion of 24.8% of the population of Guyana. Guyana has the highest percentage of Hindus in the Western Hemisphere….Geographical distribution of Hindus.

The majority of the population of Guyana is of African (29.2 per cent), mixed heritage (19.9 per cent) and East Indian (39.9 per cent) descent (2012 Census), with Indo-Guyanese being the dominant group. The rest of the population is of European, Chinese or indigenous origin.

Richest People in Guyana

• Serge Dassault. $17.3 Billion.
• Thomas Peterffy. $17 Billion.
• Anne Cox Chambers. $17 Billion.
• Donald Bren. $17 Billion.
• Dilip Shanghvi. $16 Billion.
• Thomas Kwok. $16 Billion.
• Alisher Usmanov. $16 Billion.
• Stefan Quandt. $16 Billion.

Guyana’s population (Guyanese people) is made up of five main ethnic groups: Indians, Africans, Amerindians, Europeans (mainly Portuguese) and Chinese.

The phrase Hispanic or Latino excludes people born in Europe whose language is Spanish or Portuguese, and non-Spanish speaking people born in Brazil, Belize, French Guyana, Guyana, Surinam and other non-Spanish speaking territories.

Is the water safe to drink? The water from the tap in Guyana is brownish in color, due to the tannin in the water. The water is not polluted, but the tap water is generally not safe to drink. Bottled water is readily available for purchase at tourist sites, hotels, and restaurants.

With a population of 758,000, Guyana is the third smallest country in South America. It is at once considered a middle-income country and the third poorest in the Western Hemisphere.

The Crown colony of British Guiana became an independent country called Guyana on 26 May 1966. The Queen visited Guyana on 4–5 February 1966, where she opened the Queen Elizabeth II National Park (now Guyana National Park). She toured Guyana as Head of the Commonwealth on 19–22 February 1994.

The right of foreigners to own property or land in Guyana is specifically protected under the Constitution. Foreign and domestic firms have the right to establish and own business enterprises and engage in all forms of remunerative activity.

Today, Guyana is one of South America’s poorest countries, with an average per capita annual income of around US$4,000. But within the decade, it could be among the richest. In 2015, ExxonMobil and its international partners discovered vast oil reserves off the Caribbean coast of this small country.

The Scandinavian and Benelux countries tend to have the lowest rates of poverty. For example, the overall rate of poverty in Denmark is only 5.5 percent.

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