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French Guiana
French Guiana
Guyane (French) | |
|---|---|
| Territorial Collectivity of French Guiana Collectivité territoriale de Guyane (French) | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Motto: Fert Aurum Industria | |
| Anthem: La Marseillaise ("The Marseillaise") | |
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| Coordinates: 4°N 53°W / 4°N 53°W | |
| Country |  France |
| Prefecture | Cayenne |
| Departments | 1 (every overseas region consists of a department in itself) |
| Government | |
| • Prefect | Thierry Queffelec[1] |
| • President of the Assembly | Gabriel Serville (Guyane Kontré pour avancer) |
| • Legislature | Assembly of French Guiana |
| Area | |
| • Total | 83,846 km2 (32,373 sq mi) |
| • Land | 83,534 km2 (32,253 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 2nd region and 1st department |
| Population (January 2022)[4] | |
| • Total | 294,436 |
| • Density | 3.5/km2 (9.1/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | French Guianan French Guianese |
| Time zone | UTC-3:00 (BRT) |
| ISO 3166 code | |
| GDP (2019)[5] | Ranked 17th |
| Total | €4.41 billion (US$4.93 billion) |
| Per capita | €15,521 (US$17,375) |
| NUTS Region | FRA |
| Website | Territorial Collectivity Prefecture |
French Guiana (French: Guyane) is an overseas department and region of France, on the north Atlantic coast of South America. By land area, it is the second largest region of France (after Nouvelle-Aquitaine) and the largest overseas department of France and of the European Union.
Its prefecture and largest city is Cayenne.
- ↑ "Un nouveau préfet pour Wallis et Futuna". Wallis-et-Futuna la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ↑ Christiane Taubira (28 April 2009). "FICHE QUESTION". Questions National Assembly of France (in French). Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ↑ "Population by sex, annual rate of population increase, surface area and density" (PDF). United Nations. 2013. p. 5. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ↑ INSEE. "Estimation de population par région, sexe et grande classe d'âge – Années 1975 à 2022" (in French). Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ↑ "Produits intérieurs bruts régionaux et valeurs ajoutées régionales de 2000 à 2020". INSEE. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
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