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French Guiana [a] is an overseas department and region of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas and the West Indies. Bordered by Suriname to the west and Brazil to the east and south, French Guiana covers a total area of 84,000 km 2 (32,000 sq mi) [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 7 ] and a land area of 83,534 km 2 (32,253 sq mi). [ 3 ]
Political map of The Guianas. The Guianas, also spelled Guyanas or Guayanas, is a geographical region in north-eastern South America. Strictly, the term refers to the three Guianas: Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, formerly British, Dutch, and French Guiana respectively. Broadly, it refers to the South American coast from the mouth of the ...
It has low-lying plains with small mountains to the south. Its climate is split between tropical rainforest and tropical monsoon. French Guiana is mostly unsettled and has low land use. French Guiana is situated on the northeast coast of South America between 2° and 5° latitude north and covers an area of 35,135 square miles.
Hence, the local administrations of French overseas regions cannot themselves pass new laws. On occasion referendums are undertaken to re-assess the sentiment in local status. Since March 2011, the five overseas departments and regions of France are: French Guiana in South America; Guadeloupe in the Caribbean; Martinique in the Caribbean;
Simple map Focused on Suriname and the border rivers with Guyana and French Guiana. The Border Rivers with Guyana, the Corentyne and Upper-Corentyne, are often Labeled incorrect on maps. these are the correct names of the Border rivers of Suriname.
Cayenne (/ k eɪ ˈ ɛ n /; [5] French pronunciation: ⓘ; Guianese Creole French: Kayenn) is the prefecture of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America and its capital city.
English: Location map of French-Guiana showing the disputed areas in a neutral manner. Many maps on the internet show the disputed areas between Suriname-French Guiana as non existent. the disputed area between these 2 countries have been there since colonial times and is still not resolved.
File:Guyane department relief location map.jpg by Sting under licence GFDL & CC-BY-SA; french_guiana.gif, a map from the map collection of the Perry-Castañeda Library (PCL) of the University of Texas at Austin, under licence Public Domain. Few corrections from this map from the French Senat. Author: Sémhur, RaviC (translation) Other versions