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Transportation of Guyana

Airports:90 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
under 914 m: 6 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 81
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 14
under 914 m: 65 (2006)
Roadways:total: 7,970 km
paved: 590 km
unpaved: 7,380 km (1999)
Waterways:Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo rivers are navigable by oceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km respectively (2006)
Merchant marine:total: 7 ships (1000 GRT or over) 12,461 GRT/15,155 DWT
by type: cargo 5, petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 1
foreign-owned: 1 (Germany 1)
registered in other countries: 4 (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3, unknown 1) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Georgetown

Guyana Quickstats

  • Population: 769,095
  • Area: 214,970 sq km
  • Density: 3.5 /km² (217th)
  • GDP (total): $3.489 billion (157th)
  • GDP (per capita): $4,612 (106th)
  • Literacy: 98.8%

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  • Currency: Guyanese dollar (GYD)
  • Dial code: +592

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