Guayana Region

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is about the Region of Venezuela. For other places with similar names, see Guianas.

Not to be confused with Guyana, Ghana, Guinea, or French Guiana.

Guayana Region, in the east, is the largest region.

The Guayana Region is an administrative region of Venezuela. The region has a population of 1,383,297 inhabitants and a territory of 458,344 km². It borders the independent nation of Guyana (formerly British Guiana) which forms part of The Guyanas. Geographically it is part of the Guiana Shield.

[edit] Federal States

The Guayana Region comprises three of the federal States of Venezuela.

[edit] See also

Ciudad Guayana, a city in Bolívar State
Corporación Venezolana de Guayana, state-owned corporation for the extraction of natural resources in Guayana
Guyanas, a disambiguation page

v • d • e Administrative Regions of Venezuela

Andean Region • Capital Region • Central Region • Central-Western Region • Guayana Region • Insular Region • Llanos Region • North-Eastern Region • South-Western Region • Zulian Region