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French Guiana's main seaport is the port of Dégrad des Cannes, located on the estuary of the Mahury River, in the commune of Remire-Montjoly, a south-eastern suburb of Cayenne. Almost all of French Guiana's imports and exports pass through the port of Dégrad des Cannes.
It is located to the south-east of Cayenne. Residential districts are located along some of the best beaches in the Cayenne area. [3] Cayenne and French Guiana's main seaport, the port of Dégrad des Cannes, is located in the commune of Remire-Montjoly, on the estuary of the river Mahury. Almost all of French Guiana's imports and exports pass ...
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 arrondissement of Inini, containing the previously unincorporated inland territory of French Guiana, was created in 1951. [3] In 1969 the arrondissement of Inini was disbanded, and the territory of French Guiana was divided between the arrondissement of Cayenne and the new arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni. [4]
Before the arrival of European colonials, the Guianas were populated by scattered bands of native Arawak people. The native tribes of the Northern amazon forests are most closely related to the natives of the Caribbean; most evidence suggests that the Arawaks immigrated from the Orinoco and Essequibo River Basins in Venezuela and Guiana into the northern islands, and were then supplanted by ...
This is a list of cities (communes) in French Guiana: Map of French Guiana Cayenne, ... Largest communes in French Guiana: Rank: Communes: Population: Arrondissement ...
The arrondissement of Cayenne is an arrondissement of France in the French Guiana department in French Guiana region. It has 10 communes. [2] Its population is 180,493 (2021), and its area is 17,029 km 2 (6,575 sq mi). [3] It is the smallest of the three arrondissements in French Guiana, but also its most populated.
Cayenne, currently the capital of French Guiana, was a hotly contested area between French and Dutch colonizers in the 17th century. [1] In 1615, Theodore Claessen founded a Dutch colony at Cayenne, but it seems to have perished quickly. [2] Another expedition to found a settlement at Cayenne left Flushing in 1626, under the captaincy of Claude ...