British Guiana

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colonial territory former British colony historical country

British Guiana was a former British colony on the northern coast of South America, known today as the independent nation of Guyana.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Guyana	74

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial territory ⓘ former British colony ⓘ historical country ⓘ
borderedBy	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Suriname ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ
capital	Georgetown ⓘ
coatOfArmsUsedUntil	1966 ⓘ
colonialAdministrativeCenter	Georgetown ⓘ
colonialPower	United Kingdom ⓘ
colonialPredecessor	Demerara ⓘ surface form: Berbice Demerara ⓘ Suriname ⓘ surface form: Dutch Guiana (partly) Essequibo ⓘ
country	British Guiana self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Guyana
currency	British Guiana dollar ⓘ
earlierStatus	British colony ⓘ
flagBearerState	British Guiana self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Guyana
formedByUnionOf	Berbice ⓘ Demerara ⓘ Essequibo ⓘ
formerNameOf	British Guiana self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Guyana
governedBy	Governor of British Guiana ⓘ
independenceDate	1966-05-26 ⓘ
independenceFrom	United Kingdom ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha2Former	GY (continued by Guyana) ⓘ
laterStatus	associated state on path to independence ⓘ self-governing colony ⓘ
legalSystem	English common law ⓘ
locatedIn	South America ⓘ
locatedOn	northern coast of South America ⓘ
mainRiver	Berbice River ⓘ Demerara River ⓘ Essequibo ⓘ surface form: Essequibo River
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ
plantationEconomy	sugar plantations ⓘ
postEmancipationLaborSource	indentured laborers from China ⓘ indentured laborers from India ⓘ indentured laborers from Portugal ⓘ
primaryExport	bauxite ⓘ rice ⓘ sugar ⓘ
region	Guianas ⓘ
religiousCompositionHistorical	Christianity ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ
slaveryAbolitionCompleted	1838 ⓘ
successorState	British Guiana self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Guyana
unionDate	1831 ⓘ
usedEnslavedLaborUntil	1834 ⓘ

Referenced by (79)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman-Dutch law → appliedIn → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

MERCOSUR → associateMember → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Amazon River → basinCountry → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Suriname → borderCountry → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Venezuela → borderCountry → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Brazil → borderedBy → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Georgetown, Guyana → capitalOf → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Diwali → celebratedIn → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Holi → celebratedIn → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Americas → containsCountry → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Latin America → containsCountry → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Amazon Basin → country → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Arawakan languages → country → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

British Guiana → country → British Guiana self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Caribbean Community Secretariat → country → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Corporate Services Directorate → country → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Directorate of Human and Social Development → country → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Georgetown, Guyana → country → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Guyanese dollar → country → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Office of the Secretary-General → country → British Guiana ⓘ

subject surface form: Office of the Secretary-General (CARICOM)

this entity surface form: Guyana

Amazon rainforest → countryLocatedIn → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

CCS → countryServed → British Guiana ⓘ

subject surface form: Caribbean Community Secretariat

this entity surface form: Guyana

Guyanese dollar → currencyOf → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Chutney music → developedIn → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Indians → diasporaPresence → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Crown colony → example → British Guiana ⓘ

British Guiana → flagBearerState → British Guiana self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

British Guiana → formerNameOf → British Guiana self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Colinus cristatus → foundInCountry → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

harpy eagle → foundInCountry → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Carib languages → geographicDistribution → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Crested bobwhite → geographicDistribution → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Caribbean Americans → hasAncestralOrigin → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

South America → hasCountry → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Embassy of Cyprus in Washington, D.C. → hasJurisdictionOver → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Association of Caribbean States → hasMember → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Commonwealth countries → hasMember → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → hasMember → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Islamic Development Bank → hasMember → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Regional Security System → hasMember → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

South American Council of Infrastructure and Planning → hasMember → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Commonwealth of Nations → hasMemberState → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation → hasMemberState → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

British Empire → hasPart → British Guiana ⓘ

British West Indies → hasPart → British Guiana ⓘ

Anglican Church in the Province of the West Indies → hasTerritory → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Guianas → historicallyDividedInto → British Guiana ⓘ

Caribbean → includes → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Guianas → includesTerritory → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Atlantic Time Zone → isUsedInCountry → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana