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, slightly over half the area of the whole country. It borders the independent nation of Guyana (formerly British Guiana) which forms part of The Guianas. Geographically it is part of the Guiana Shield and is also known as the Venezuelan Guayana. It was once referred to as Spanish Guiana, which is now divided between the Venezulan states of Amazonas, Delta Amacuro and Bolívar.