Guyana
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Codes and identifiers
- ISO alpha-2
- GY
- ISO alpha-3
- GUY
- ISO numeric
- 328
- FIPS 10-4
- GY
- GeoNames ID
- 3378535
Key facts
- Capital
- Georgetown
- Area
- 214,970 km²
- Population
- 779,004
- Currency
- Dollar (GYD)
- Calling code
- +592
- Top-level domain
- .gy
- Official languages
- en-GY
Continent
- Name
- South America
- Code
- SA
- In this dataset
- 14 countries
Location
- Latitude
- 5
- Longitude
- -59
- Min latitude
- 1.1858202110000775
- Min longitude
- -61.39671280899992
- Max latitude
- 8.558010158000059
- Max longitude
- -56.481819010999914
Boundary
The API call behind this page
Request
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
"https://geosearch.dev/v1/countries/GY?fields=iso_code,iso3_code,name,capital,population,area_sq_km,currency_code,continent_code"Response
{
"data": {
"area_sq_km": 214970,
"capital": "Georgetown",
"continent_code": "SA",
"currency_code": "GYD",
"iso3_code": "GUY",
"iso_code": "GY",
"name": "Guyana",
"population": 779004
}
}Formatted for reading. The API returns the same JSON on one line.
Other endpoints for this country
/v1/countries/GY/regions/v1/cities?country=GY/v1/postal-codes?country=GY/v1/timezones?country=GY
Name in other languages
- Arabic
- غيانا
- Chinese
- 圭亚那
- English
- Guyana
- French
- Guyana
- German
- Guyana
- Hindi
- गुयाना
- Italian
- Guyana
- Japanese
- ガイアナ
- Korean
- 가이아나
- Portuguese
- Guiana
- Russian
- Гайана
- Spanish
- Guyana
- Total language variants
- 135
The API returns any of them with ?lang=.
Time zones
| IANA ID | UTC offset | DST offset |
|---|---|---|
| America/Guyana | UTC-04:00 | UTC-04:00 |
First-level administrative regions
- Demerara-Mahaica Region
- East Berbice-Corentyne Region
- Essequibo Islands-West Demerara Region
- Mahaica-Berbice Region
- Pomeroon-Supenaam Region
- Upper Demerara-Berbice Region
- Barima-Waini Region
- Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region
- Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region
- Potaro-Siparuni Region
10 of 10 shown, largest first
Largest cities
| City | Population |
|---|---|
| Georgetown | 235,017 |
| Linden | 44,690 |
| New Amsterdam | 35,039 |
| Anna Regina | 12,448 |
| Corriverton | 11,488 |
| Bartica | 11,486 |
| Tuschen | 8,286 |
| Rose Hall | 8,000 |
| Mabaruma | 6,366 |
| Skeldon | 5,859 |
Coverage in this dataset
- Cities
- 907
- First-level regions
- 10
- Postal codes
- 0
- Name languages
- 135
- Boundary polygon
- Yes
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