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.

Georgetown, Guyana → largestCityOf → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Guyanese dollar → legalTenderIn → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

CCS → locatedIn → British Guiana ⓘ

subject surface form: Caribbean Community Secretariat

this entity surface form: Guyana

Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Caribbean Canadians → majorAncestralOrigin → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Caribbean Community → memberState → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

UNASUL → memberState → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Union of South American Nations → memberState → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

scarlet ibis → nativeTo → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Indian Arrival Day → observedIn → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Janmashtami → observedIn → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Rama Navami → observedIn → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Guyanese dollar → officialCurrencyOf → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Haredi Jews → populationCenter → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Obeah → practicedIn → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Captaincy General of Venezuela → presentDayLocation → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Asian diaspora → presentIn → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Afro-Caribbean people → presentInCountry → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Sarnami Hindustani → primaryRegion → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Holi → publicHolidayIn → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Hosay → region → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Constitutive Treaty of the Union of South American Nations → signatory → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Indo-Caribbean people → significantPopulationIn → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Bhojpuri → spokenIn → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Indo-Aryan languages → spokenIn → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

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

this entity surface form: Guyana

British West Indies dollar → usedIn → British Guiana ⓘ

Guyanese dollar → usedIn → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana

Pandey → usedInCountry → British Guiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana