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GUYANA

CARIBBEAN-CENTRAL AMERICA PROFILE 2018

EDUCATION AIR Guyana Stock Exchange
The Guyanese education system has four Airports: The Cheddi Jagan International Hand-In-Hand Building,
basic levels: nursery, primary, secondary, and Airport, located south of Georgetown in 1 Avenue of the Republic,
postsecondary. At the nursery level, children are Timehri, is the sole international airport. The Georgetown
admitted at 3 years 6 months and may remain recently refurbished airport provides flights Tel: (592) 223-6175
in the system for 2 years. Primary education mainly to North American and Caribbean E-mail: info@gasci.com
is compulsory and it commences at 5 years 9 destinations. There are plans for private-sector Berbice Chamber of Commerce
months and continues for 6 years. operators to upgrade the smaller airport at Ogle,
just west of Georgetown, which is used by small CME Building, Esplande Road,
There are three categories of schools at aircraft carrying an estimated 50,000 passengers New Amsterdam, Guyana
the secondary level: General Secondary, per year into the interior. Tel: (592) 233-2157
Community High, and the Primary Schools with Fax: (592) 233-2843
a Secondary Department. TELECOMMUNCATION Georgetown Chamber of Commerce
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company 156 Waterloo Street,
The University of Guyana offers courses of (GT&T) is a fixed Local Exchange Carrier. It Georgetown, Guyana
study which lead to the Bachelor’s Degree in is the largest provider of telecommunication Tel: (592) 225-5846
Liberal Arts, Fine Arts, Natural Sciences, Social services in Guyana with a subscriber base Fax: (592) 226-3519
Sciences, Education and Forestry, Technology exceeding three hundred thousand. Its parent E-mail: info@georgetownchamberofcommerce.org
and Law. The University also offers a Master’s company is the Atlantic Tele-Network. The
Degree in History. There are Diploma cellular phone network has grown rapidly in Guyana Business Enterprise
programmes in Public Administration, Medical recent years. A64 Eping Ave Bel Air Park,
Technology, and Social Work. A Medical School Georgetown, Guyana
is also operated by the University. CONTACTS Tel: (592) 613-4117
Bank of Guyana
INFRASTRUCTURE 1 Avenue of the Republic, Guyana Manufacturers Association
TRANSPORTATION P.O. Box 1003, 157 Waterloo Street,
LAND Georgetown, Guyana Georgetown, Guyana
Railroads: Primarily for industrial purposes; Tel: (592) 226-3250 Tel: (592) 227-4295
109 km. (68 mi.) total, all single track; 80 km. Fax: (592) 227-2965 Fax: (592) 227-0670
(50 mi.) 0.914 m. gauge, 29 km. (18 mi.) 1.067 E-mail: communications@solutions.net
m. gauge. Website: www.bankofguyana.org.gy IN THE U.S.
Roads: The national road network consists of Embassy of Guyana
2,334 km (1,447.1 mi.) of roadways, of which Guyana Office for Investment 2490 Tracy Place, NW
698 km (432.8 mi.) are paved. 190 Camp & Church Streets, Washington, DC 20008
Georgetown, Guyana Tel: (202) 265-6900
SEA Tel: (592) 225-0658 Fax: (202) 232-1297
Sea Ports: One major port (Georgetown); three Fax: (592) 225-0655
minor ports at New Amsterdam, Corriverton E-mail: goinvest@goinvest.gov.gv
and Linden. Web: www.goinvest.gov.gy

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