{"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":"fakta-om-guyana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/se\/facts-about-guyana","title":{"rendered":"Fakta om Guyana"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Namn och floder:<\/strong>\u00a0Namnet \"Guyana\" kommer fr\u00e5n det indiska ordet \"Guiana\", som betyder \"landet med m\u00e5nga floder\". De 4 l\u00e4ngsta floderna i Guyana \u00e4r Essequibo, Courantyne, Berbice och Demerara (Essequibo \u00e4r den l\u00e4ngsta)<\/p>\n

2. Holl\u00e4ndska:<\/strong>\u00a0P\u00e5 1600-talet blev Guyana en holl\u00e4ndsk koloni, d\u00e4r holl\u00e4ndarna byggde dieselsystem f\u00f6r att hantera floderna och etablera jordbruk<\/p>\n

3. Brittisk:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00c5r 1815 tog britterna makten i Guyana, vilket ledde till att landet fick namnet Brittiska Guyana. Det var inte f\u00f6rr\u00e4n 1966 som Guyana blev sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndigt fr\u00e5n britterna<\/p>\n

4. Befolkningens sammans\u00e4ttning:<\/strong>\u00a0Guyanas befolkning best\u00e5r huvudsakligen av indier (hindustani\/\u00f6stindier) och afrikaner (43,5% respektive 30,2%), alla \u00e4ttlingar till de slavar som tidigare f\u00f6rdes till landet av holl\u00e4ndarna och britterna. Dessutom finns det m\u00e4nniskor med blandad h\u00e4rkomst (16,7%) och inhemska indianer (9,1%).<\/p>\n

5. Kustomr\u00e5det:<\/strong>\u00a0Cirka 90% av Guyanas befolkning bor p\u00e5 en smal del av landets kustomr\u00e5de, som utg\u00f6r cirka 10% av landets totala yta<\/p>\n

\"Fakta:
Tillh\u00f6righet: John+Elaine Chesterton - Flickr.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fakta: I Guyana \u00e4r cricket den mest popul\u00e4ra sporten p\u00e5 grund av landets stora indiska befolkning och dess historia som en brittisk koloni<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

6. Motto:<\/strong>\u00a0Guyanas nationella motto \u00e4r: \"Ett folk, en nation, ett \u00f6de\", vilket betyder \"Ett folk, en nation, ett \u00f6de\".<\/p>\n

7. Regnskog:<\/strong>\u00a0Omkring 70% av Guyanas yta t\u00e4cks av regnskog<\/p>\n

8. Flagga:<\/strong>\u00a0Guyanas flagga kallas ocks\u00e5 \"The Golden Arrow Head\", vilket betyder \"Den gyllene spjutspetsen\". Flaggan har anv\u00e4nts sedan 1966, d\u00e5 Guyana vann sin sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndighet fr\u00e5n britterna<\/p>\n

9. Jim Jones:<\/strong>\u00a0Den 18 november 1978 begick den amerikanske religi\u00f6se sektledaren Jim Jones massj\u00e4lvmord tillsammans med sina 909 anh\u00e4ngare i Jonestown i Guyana. Denna tragedi gjorde landet v\u00e4rldsber\u00f6mt<\/p>\n

10. Sport:<\/strong>\u00a0Den st\u00f6rsta sporten i Guyana \u00e4r cricket och i internationella crickett\u00e4vlingar ing\u00e5r landet i \"West Indies cricket team\", som tidigare var det starkaste laget i v\u00e4rlden<\/p>\n

\"Fakta:
Tillh\u00f6righet: John+Elaine Chesterton + madmack66 + sorenriise - Flickr.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Det finns m\u00e5nga floder i Guyana, vilket \u00e4r anledningen till att det kallas \"Landet med m\u00e5nga vatten\". Bilden i mitten \u00e4r \"Kaieteur Falls<\/strong><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. Namn och floder: Namnet \"Guyana\" kommer fr\u00e5n det indiska ordet \"Guiana\", som betyder \"landet med m\u00e5nga floder\". De 4 l\u00e4ngsta floderna i Guyana \u00e4r Essequibo, Courantyne, Berbice och Demerara (Essequibo \u00e4r den l\u00e4ngsta) 2. Holl\u00e4ndska: P\u00e5 1600-talet blev Guyana en holl\u00e4ndsk koloni, d\u00e4r holl\u00e4ndarna byggde dieselsystem f\u00f6r att hantera floderna ... L\u00e4s mer<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7710,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[65,80],"tags":[120],"class_list":["post-1213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries-geography","category-south-america","tag-adsense"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFacts about Guyana - Population, geography, sports, etc.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fact: Guyana was home to the collective suicide of cult leader Jim Jones in 1978. 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