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French Guiana
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Guyane française |
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Guyane française- Guyane
La Guyane est à la fois une région et un département d'outre-mer français. Avec ses 86 504 km² de superficie, la Guyane est le plus grand département français. Elle est en outre le seul territoire français et de l'Union européenne du continent sud-américain. La forêt équatoriale couvre la plus grande partie (96%) du territoire. Son nom officiel est Guyane. L'ajout de l'adjectif française dans les dénominations courantes n'est qu'une commodité de langage issue de la période coloniale, pendant laquelle existaient trois Guyanes : la Guyane britannique (actuel Guyana), la Guyane néerlandaise (actuel Suriname) et la Guyane française.
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French Guiana - Department of Guiana - Region of Guiana
French Guiana is an overseas department of France, located on the northern coast of South America with borders to ► Brazil and ► Suriname. Like the other DOMs, French Guiana is also an overseas region of France. As a part of France, French Guiana is in the ► European Union.
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| Short name |
French Guiana |
| Official name |
Department of Guiana - Region of Guiana |
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► French overseas region, French since the 17th century |
| Location |
South America |
| Capital |
Cayenne |
| Population |
202,000 inhabitants |
| Area |
83,534 km² |
| Major language(s) |
French |
| Major religion(s) |
Roman Catholicism |
| More information |
French Guiana, Geography of French Guiana, History of French Guiana and Politics of French Guiana |
| More images |
French Guiana - French Guiana (Category). |
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General maps
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Map of French Guiana |
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Topographic map of French Guiana |
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Map of French Guiana |
History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day French Guiana, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day French Guiana.
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Present-day French Guiana is originally inhabited by Arawaks and Galibi Indians. In 1626 a first French settlement in the region is founded and in 1634 the city of Cayenne is established. Shortly the area is under Dutch control, but since the Breda Treaty of 1667 French Guiana becomes a French colony in 1674. It is temporarely ruled by Portugal/Brazil between 1909 and 1817. In 1946 French Guiana becomes a French overseas département and is ruled as part of mainland France. |
Old maps
This section holds copies of original general maps older than 70 years of this entry.
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18th century map of Venezuela and the Guyanas |
Notes and references
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