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When the first Europeans arrived in the area around 1500, Guyana was inhabited by the Arawak and Carib tribes of Amerindians. Although Christopher Columbus sighted Guyana during his third voyage (in 1498), the Dutch were first to establish colonies: Essequibo (1616), Berbice (1627), and Demerara (1752). The British assumed control in the late 18th century, and the Dutch formally ceded the area in 1814. In 1831 the three separate colonies became a single British colony known as British Guiana.
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Guyana's population is made up of five main ethnic groups--East Indian, African, Amerindian, Chinese, and Portuguese. Ninety percent of the inhabitants live on the narrow coastal plain, where population density is more than 115 persons per square kilometer (380 per sq. mi.). The population density for Guyana as a whole is low--less than four persons per square kilometer. Although the government has provided free education from nursery school to the university level since 1975, it has not allocated sufficient funds to maintain the standards of what had been considered the best educational system in the region. Many school buildings are in poor condition, there is a shortage of text and exercise books, the number of teachers has declined, and fees are being charged at the university level for some courses of study for the first time.
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Please send a courteous letter to the Prime Minister of Guyana telling her that you are very concerned at the ordeal suffered by the 130 monkeys shipped from Guyana to Japan in May 1998. Tell her about the delays and the extreme heat in Miami. Ask why these monkeys are not welcome in the forests of their homeland and are instead robbed of their freedom to be sold overseas where they are likely to live miserable lives. Request that Guyana immediately ban all export of monkeys.
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More than 80% of Guyana is still covered by forests, ranging from dry evergreen and seasonal forests to montane and lowland evergreen rain forests. These forests are home to more than a thousand species of trees. Guyana's tropical climate, unique geology, and relatively pristine ecosystems support extensive areas of species-rich rain forests and natural habitats with high levels of endemism. Approximately eight thousand species of plants occur in Guyana, half of which are found nowhere else.
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The plant, located in the St. Magdalene Creek area of Guyana, produced 50 ounces of gold during a total of 35 hours of start up operations, intending to eventually operate on a 20 hour per day basis. The mobile plant is located on a concession of approximately 25 square miles containing gold bearing gravels and controlled by NARIL. There is no assurance that future production will in fact achieve similar results or that the plant will operate on a full time basis.
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The health sector is currently unable to offer certain sophisticated tertiary services and specialized medical services, the technology for which is unaffordable in Guyana, or for which the required medical specialists simply do not exist. Even with substantial improvements in the health sector, the need for overseas treatment for some services might remain. The Ministry of Health provides financial assistance to patients requiring such treatment, priority being given to children whose condition can be rehabilitated with significant improvements to their quality of life.
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