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French Guiana
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French overseas department and region in South America
OverviewAI-generated
French Guiana is an overseas department and region of France located in South America. It shares borders with Suriname, Brazil, Amapá, and Sipaliwini District. The capital is Cayenne. The territory has at various times been part of the Portuguese Empire and is currently an administrative territorial entity of France. It contains the arrondissement of Cayenne and the arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni.
The official languages are French and Guianan Creole. The currency includes the euro and the French Guianan franc. The telephone country code is +594, and the top-level Internet domain is .gf. The region is located in the UTC−03:00 time zone. Its coordinates are approximately 4, -53.
Synthesized by Vinony from 26 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, PubMed, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Research
3,136 papers- French Guiana and AGS: a path to uncovering hidden clues.ReviewExpert review of clinical immunology · 2025Baduel E, Smilov M, Epelboin LDOI: 10.1080/1744666X.2025.2475984
- [Oncology in French Guiana: A challenge to win].ReviewBulletin du cancer · 2024Droz JP, Couppié P, Fayette JDOI: 10.1016/j.bulcan.2024.02.018
- [French Guiana: Support for breastfeeding is a public health priority].ReviewRevue de l'infirmiere · 2020Clavier JDOI: 10.1016/j.revinf.2020.08.006
- Forty Years of HIV Research in French Guiana: Comprehend to Combat.ReviewPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Nacher M, Lucarelli A, Van-Melle A et al.DOI: 10.3390/pathogens13060459
- Q fever in French Guiana.ReviewThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2014Eldin C, Mahamat A, Demar M et al.DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0282
- Contrasted life trajectories: reconstituting the main population exposomes in French Guiana.ReviewFrontiers in public health · 2023Nacher M, Basurko C, Douine M et al.DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1247310
- Gastric Cancer Incidence and Mortality in French Guiana: South American or French?ReviewJournal of gastrointestinal cancer · 2022Imounga LM, Plenet J, Belliardo S et al.DOI: 10.1007/s12029-020-00572-z
- Migration in French Guiana: Implications in health and infectious diseases.Travel medicine and infectious disease · 2024Nacher M, Epelboin L, Bonifay T et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2023.102677
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- region of France
- Part of
- Latin America
- Official name
- Lagwiyann
- Demonym
- Guianesi
- Country
- Portuguese Empire
- Located in
- France
- Continent
- South America
- Capital
- Cayenne
- Official language
- Guianan Creole
- Currency
- French Guianan franc
- Population
- 293996
- Area
- 83534
- Time zone
- UTC−03:00
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Head of government
- Rodolphe Alexandre
- Legislature
- Assembly of French Guiana
- Shares border with
- Marowijne District
- Highest point
- Bellevue de l'Inini
- Official website
- www.ctguyane.fr
- Image
- ISS009-E-21542 - View of French Guiana.jpg
- Calling code
- +594
- Dialing code
- 594
- Mains voltage
- 220
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- Motto
- Fert Aurum Industria
- Coat of arms
- Coat of arms of French Guiana
- Commons category
- French Guiana
- top-level Internet domain
- .gf
- topic's main category
- Category:French Guiana
- topic's main Wikimedia portal
- Portal:French Guiana
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in French Guiana
- category of associated people
- Category:French Guianan people
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in French Guiana
- history of topic
- history of French Guiana
- Commons gallery
- French Guiana
- geography of topic
- Geography of French Guiana
- marriageable age
- 18
- native label
- Guyane
- executive body
- Regional Council of French Guiana
- maritime identification digits
- 745
- annual number of weddings
- 559
- minimum temperature record
- 16.9
- Unicode character
- 🇬🇫
- economy of topic
- economy of French Guiana
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- demographics of topic
- demographics of French Guiana
- different from
- Guyana
- P11012
- 3
- social media followers
- 9829
- driving side
- right
- inception
- 1946-03-21
- P12749
- Castelvecchio Calvisio
- replaces
- Equinoctial France
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Encyclopedic overview
French Guiana, or Guyane in French, 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 (32,000 sq mi) and a land area of 83,534 km (32,253 sq mi). As of January 2026, it is home to 298,554 people.
View of Fort Cépérou Mount, Cayenne
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