Guyana is considered to be in the tropics.
Guyana ( pronounced [ ɡaɪˈɑːnə ] or [ ɡaɪˈænə ] ) , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana , is a sovereign state on the northern mainland of South America . In addition to being part of the Anglophone Caribbean , Guyana is one of the few Caribbean countries that is not an island in the West Indies .