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  2. Guyanese people - Wikipedia

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    Even though referred to collectively as Amerindians, the indigenous peoples in Guyana are made up of several distinct tribes or nations. Warao, Arawak, Caribs, and Wapishana are all represented in Guyana. [8] Europeans arrived in the Guianas in the search for gold in the New World, eventually settling in and colonizing Guyana and the Americas ...

  3. Demographics of Guyana - Wikipedia

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    This is a demography of Guyana including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Guyana's population (Guyanese people) is made up of five main ethnic groups: Indians, Africans, Amerindians, Europeans (mainly Portuguese), and Chinese ...

  4. Afro-Guyanese - Wikipedia

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    Afro-Guyanese, also known as Black Guyanese, are generally descended from the enslaved African people brought to Guyana from the coast of West Africa to work on sugar plantations during the era of the Atlantic slave trade. Coming from a wide array of backgrounds and enduring conditions that severely constrained their ability to preserve their ...

  5. List of Afro-Guyanese people - Wikipedia

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    David A. Granger, President of Guyana; Hamilton Green, 1st Muslim Prime Minister of Guyana, and in the Western world, 1985-1992; Desmond Hoyte, President of Guyana, 1985-1992; Sam Hinds, former President of Guyana, Prime Minister of Guyana; Eusi Kwayana, former Guyanese cabinet member and veteran politician; Lincoln Lewis, trade union leader

  6. Guyanese Americans - Wikipedia

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    An average of 6,080 people a year emigrated from Guyana between 1969 and 1976, increasing to an average of 14,400 between 1976 and 1981. [3] [4] Many of the first Guyanese immigrants to the United States were of African descent. They were women who were recruited as domestic workers or nursing assistants. [5]

  7. List of adjectival and demonymic forms for countries and nations

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    A country demonym denotes the people or the inhabitants of or from there; for example, "Germans" are people of or from Germany. Demonyms are given in plural forms. Singular forms simply remove the final s or, in the case of -ese endings, are the same as the plural forms.

  8. List of countries by ethnic groups - Wikipedia

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    In addition, numerous immigrants and their descendants live in France, including from Europe (Italians, Spaniards, Portuguese, Romanians), North Africa (Algerians, Tunisians, Moroccans), Sub-Saharan Africa (Congolese, Senegalese) Asia , Armenians, Jews and the French overseas territories. Around 15 to 20% of the population in 2000 were of non ...

  9. Category:Guyanese people - Wikipedia

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    also: Countries: Guyana: People: Subcategories. ... People from Guyana by region (9 C) * Lists of Guyanese people (1 C, 3 P) + Guyanese LGBTQ people (2 P) Guyanese ...