{"id":1213,"date":"2014-02-27T16:44:45","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T16:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/da\/?p=1213"},"modified":"2026-03-19T10:38:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:38:45","slug":"feiten-over-guyana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/nl\/facts-about-guyana","title":{"rendered":"Feiten over Guyana"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Namen en rivieren:<\/strong>\u00a0De naam 'Guyana' komt van het Indiaanse woord 'Guyana', wat 'het land van vele rivieren' betekent. De 4 langste rivieren in Guyana zijn de Essequibo, Courantyne, Berbice en Demerara (Essequibo is de langste).<\/p>\n

2. Nederlands:<\/strong>\u00a0In de jaren 1600 werd Guyana een Nederlandse kolonie, waar de Nederlanders dieselsystemen bouwden om de rivieren te beheren en landbouw te bedrijven.<\/p>\n

3. Brits:<\/strong>\u00a0In 1815 namen de Britten de macht over in Guyana, waardoor het land Brits Guyana werd genoemd. Pas in 1966 werd Guyana onafhankelijk van de Britten.<\/p>\n

4. Samenstelling van de bevolking:<\/strong>\u00a0De bevolking van Guyana bestaat voornamelijk uit Indi\u00ebrs (Hindoestanen\/Oost-Indi\u00ebrs) en Afrikanen (respectievelijk 43,5% en 30,2%), allemaal afstammelingen van de slaven die in het verleden door de Nederlanders en Britten naar het land werden gebracht. Daarnaast zijn er ook mensen van gemengde afkomst (16.7%) en inheemse Indi\u00ebrs (9.1%).<\/p>\n

5. Het kustgebied:<\/strong>\u00a0Ongeveer 90% van de bevolking van Guyana woont in een smal deel van het kustgebied, dat ongeveer 10% van de totale oppervlakte van het land uitmaakt.<\/p>\n

\"Feit:
Naamsvermelding: John+Elaine Chesterton - Flickr.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Feit: In Guyana is cricket de populairste sport vanwege de grote Indiaanse bevolking en de geschiedenis van het land als Britse kolonie.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

6. Motto:<\/strong>\u00a0Het nationale motto van Guyana luidt: 'One People, One Nation, One Destiny', wat betekent \"E\u00e9n volk, \u00e9\u00e9n natie, \u00e9\u00e9n bestemming\".<\/p>\n

7. Regenwoud:<\/strong>\u00a0Ongeveer 70% van de oppervlakte van Guyana is bedekt met regenwoud.<\/p>\n

8. Vlag:<\/strong>\u00a0De vlag van Guyana wordt ook wel 'The Golden Arrow Head' genoemd, wat 'De Gouden Speerpunt' betekent. De vlag is in gebruik sinds 1966, toen Guyana onafhankelijk werd van de Britten.<\/p>\n

9. Jim Jones:<\/strong>\u00a0Op 18 november 1978 pleegde de Amerikaanse religieuze sekteleider Jim Jones samen met zijn 909 volgelingen massaal zelfmoord in Jonestown, Guyana. Deze tragedie maakte het land wereldberoemd<\/p>\n

10. Sport:<\/strong>\u00a0De grootste sport in Guyana is cricket en in internationale cricketcompetities maakt het land deel uit van het 'West Indies cricket team', dat vroeger het sterkste team ter wereld was.<\/p>\n

\"Feit:
Naamsvermelding: John+Elaine Chesterton + madmack66 + sorenriise - Flickr.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Er zijn veel rivieren in Guyana en daarom wordt het ook wel het 'Land van de vele wateren' genoemd. Afgebeeld in het midden zijn de 'Kaieteur watervallen'.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. Namen en rivieren: De naam 'Guyana' komt van het Indiaanse woord 'Guyana', wat 'het land van vele rivieren' betekent. De 4 langste rivieren in Guyana zijn de Essequibo, Courantyne, Berbice en Demerara (Essequibo is de langste) 2. Nederlands: In de jaren 1600 werd Guyana een Nederlandse kolonie, waar de Nederlanders dieselsystemen aanlegden om de rivieren te ... 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