Before I met Stuart Lee at the Toronto Hakka Conference 2012, I did not know Suriname, his home country. I learned this former Dutch plantation colony is located on the northeast Atlantic coast of South America with Guyana to the West and Brazil to the south. Many Hakka, as well as many...
Caribbean Community Day — also known as CARICOM Day — is celebrated on July 7 this year. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) consists of 20 states throughout the Caribbean, of which 15 are member states and five associate members. Georgetown, Guyana, is home to the CARICOM secretariat headquart...
Guyana 24·4 (19·2 to 29·3) 108·5% (79·0 to 139·9) 3477·6 (2755·8 to 4160·9) 25·6% (8·3 to 43·2) Haiti 242 (196 to 320) 142·2% (91·1 to 198·8) 2931·0 (2369·9 to 3870·4) 6·9% (−15·6 to 30·8) Jamaica 65·4 (53·5 to 77·9) 90·...
An extensive list of national dishes from around the world which form an important part of the culinary identity of the country they belong to. A national dish is any country’s culinary, and to a large extent, cultural identity. However, there are some countries which do not have an offic...
What are the national symbols of Jamaica? What are the national symbols of Mexico? What are the national symbols of Suriname? What are the national symbols of Guyana? What are the national symbols of Turkmenistan? What was the first national anthem of the United States? What is Oregon's sta...
Guyana 502·4 (138·6 to 804·2) 4 000 (1 000 to 6 000) 17·4% (−67·0 to 302·5) 602·9 (547·4 to 665·9) 5000 (4000 to 5000) −1·9% (−9·0 to 5·0) 1 105·4 (733·7 to 1 427·2) 8000 (6000 to 11 000) 6·0% (−33·3 to 58...