French Guiana
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Guiana or French Guiana (French Guyane or Guyane française) is an overseas département (département d'outre-mer, or DOM) of France, located on the Caribbean coast of South America.
| Region | Guyane |
| Official language | French |
| Political status | Non-sovereign, overseas department of France |
| Department Number | 971 |
| Préfecture | Cayenne |
| Sous-préfecture | Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni |
| Prefect | Ange Mancini |
| Head of Regional Council | Antoine Karam |
| Head of General Council | Pierre Désert |
| Area - Total - % water | 86,504 km² |
| Population
- Density |
2/km² |
| Currency | Euro |
| Time zone | UTC -3 |
| Calling Code | 590 |
| Internet TLD | .gf |
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History
Main article: History of French Guiana
First settled by the French in 1604, French Guiana was the site of notorious penal settlements (see Devil's Island) until 1951. In the twenty-first century, French Guiana remains the largest remaining colony of any European or other developed power on any of the continents of this world.
Politics
Main article: Politics of French Guiana
As an integral part of France, French Guiana is part of the European Union, the largest part in area outside Europe and the only part outside Europe that is not an island (other than the small Spanish towns of Ceuta and Melilla in North Africa).
Geography
Main article: Geography of French Guiana
French Guiana is located on the Caribbean coast of South America. To the west is Suriname, and Brazil is to the south and east.
See also: Communes of the Guyane département
Economy
Main Article: Economy of French Guiana
The European Space Agency launches its satellites from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou.
Demographics
Main article: Demographics of French Guiana
Miscellaneous
- Communications in French Guiana
- Transportation in French Guiana
- Military of French Guiana
- Foreign relations of French Guiana
References
- The CIA World Factbook 2000
- French Guiana map
| Countries in South America |
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| Argentina | Bolivia | Brazil | Chile | Colombia | Ecuador | Guyana | Paraguay | Peru | Suriname | Uruguay | Venezuela |
| Dependencies: Falkland Islands | French Guiana |
| Regions of France | |
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| Alsace | Aquitaine | Auvergne | Lower Normandy | Burgundy | Brittany | Centre | Champagne-Ardenne | Corsica | Franche-Comté | Upper Normandy | Île-de-France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Limousin | Lorraine | Midi-Pyrénées | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | Loire Region | Picardy | Poitou-Charentes | Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur | Rhône-Alpes | |
| Overseas Departments | |
| Guadeloupe | Martinique | French Guiana | Réunion | |
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