Trivia in Guyana

National symbols

Flag: Design featuring green, yellow, red, black, and white with horizontal isosceles triangle and two overlapping triangles. Green represents agriculture and forests, yellow mining, red national passion, black endurance, white rivers.

Emblem: Shield depicting Kaieteur Falls flowing water with gold, diamond, and rice sheaves, topped with canje pheasant, flanked by caiman spear and paddle, motto below: "One People, One Nation, One Destiny".

Trivia & facts

• Guyana is South America's only independent nation with English as official language.
• Country name means "land of many waters" in Arawak.
• Kaieteur Falls at 226m drop and 100m width ranks among world's largest single-drop waterfalls.
• Issuing location of world's rarest stamp "British Guiana 1 Cent Magenta".
• One of few South American countries adopting left-side traffic.
• Known for particularly high wild jaguar density in Amazon basin.
• Atlantic coast features Shell Beach, leatherback turtle nesting site.
• CARICOM headquarters located in Georgetown.
• Rum brand "El Dorado" has many international awards.
• Georgetown's St. George's Cathedral is one of world's largest wooden churches.