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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]
The penal colony of Cayenne (French: Bagne de Cayenne), commonly known as Devil's Island (Île du Diable), was a French penal colony that operated for 100 years, from 1852 to 1952, and officially closed in 1953, in the Salvation Islands of French Guiana.
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 ...
French Guiana, an overseas department and region of France. Brazilian or Portuguese Guiana, now the Amapá State of Brazil. The three Guianas proper have a combined population of 1,718,651; Guyana: 804,567, Suriname: 612,985, and French Guiana: 301,099. [1] [2] Most of the population is along the coast. Due to the jungles to the south, the ...
The French colonial empire in the Americas comprised New France (including Canada and Louisiana), French West Indies (including Saint-Domingue, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Dominica, St. Lucia, Grenada, Tobago and other islands) and French Guiana. Pictured above is New France. French North America was known as 'Nouvelle France' or New France.
From the 16th to the 17th centuries, the First French colonial empire existed mainly in the Americas and Asia. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the second French colonial empire existed mainly in Africa and Asia. France had about 80 colonies throughout its history, the second most colonies in the world behind only the British Empire. [1]
The Law on Departmentalization is a French law adopted in 1946 that established the "four vieilles colonies" (old colonies) of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion, and French Guiana as overseas departments of France. The law was unanimously adopted following a proposal by Aimé Césaire, the youngest deputy from Overseas France. It symbolically ...
The prison of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni was the main penal colony in French Guiana for more than a century. Some of the buildings were restored in the early 1980s. Some of the buildings were restored in the early 1980s.