_#_Labor force: 268,000; industry and commerce 44.5%, agriculture 33.8%, services 21.7%; public-sector employment amounts to 60-80% of the total labor force (1985)
_#_Organized labor: 34% of labor force
_*Government #_Long-form name: Co-operative Republic of Guyana
_#_Type: republic
_#_Capital: Georgetown
_#_Administrative divisions: 10 regions; Barima-Waini,
Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Demerara-Mahaica, East Berbice-Corentyne, Essequibo
Islands-West Demerara, Mahaica-Berbice, Pomeroon-Supenaam,
Potaro-Siparuni, Upper Demerara-Berbice, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo
_#_Independence: 26 May 1966 (from UK; formerly British Guiana)
_#_Constitution: 6 October 1980
_#_Legal system: based on English common law with certain admixtures of Roman-Dutch law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
_#_National holiday: Republic Day, 23 February (1970)