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  2. French Guiana - Wikipedia

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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 ]

  3. History of French Guiana - Wikipedia

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    In a 2010 referendum, French Guianans voted against autonomy. [10] On 20 March 2017, French Guianans began going on strike and demonstrating for more resources and infrastructure. [11] 28 March 2017 saw the largest demonstration ever held in French Guiana. [12] The first woman to be elected to the Senate was Marie-Laure Phinéra-Horth in 2020 ...

  4. The Guianas - Wikipedia

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    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. Broadly, it refers to the South American coast from the mouth of the Orinoco to the mouth of the Amazon.

  5. Guiana Space Centre - Wikipedia

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    The Guiana Space Centre (French: Centre spatial guyanais; CSG), also called Europe's Spaceport, [3] [4] is a spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, an overseas region of France in South America. Kourou is located approximately 500 kilometres (310 mi; 270 nmi) north of the equator at a latitude of 5°.

  6. Road signs in South America - Wikipedia

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    The vast majority of South American countries use yellow diamond-shaped warning signs as well as in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Central America. Recognizing the differences in standards across Europe and the Americas, the Vienna Convention considers these types of signs an acceptable alternative to the triangular warning sign. [ 2 ]

  7. Geography of French Guiana - Wikipedia

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    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.

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