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French Guiana (dependent state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 04 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 4.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 053 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -53.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: The area now known as French Guiana was first explored by Spain in the early 16th century. French merchants and the Dutch arrived in the early 17th century. The inhabitants became French citizens in the 19th century. Off of the coast, French Guiana housed the infamous penal institution Devil's Island. The population comprises mainly Creoles, Europeans, Amerindians & Africans. The official language is French, though Creole patois, Sranan and Amerindian languages are spoken outside the towns. |
Names: |
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| Guyane (preferred,C,V,O,English)
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| Guyane (French-P)
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| French Guiana (C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| French Guiana (Somali)
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| French Guiana (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| French Guiana (Shona)
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| Guyane française (C,V)
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| Département de la Guyane (C,V,French)
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| Département de la Guyane française (C,V)
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| La Guyane française (C,V)
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| Department of Guiana (C,O,English)
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| Frans Guyana (C,O)
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| Französisch-Guyana (C,O)
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| Guiana Francesca (C,O)
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| GUF (C,O,ISO3L)
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| GF (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO254 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| FG (C,O,FIPS)
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| French Guianese (C,V)
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| Territorial Collectivity of Guiana (C,V,English)
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| Collectivité Territoriale de Guyane (C,U,French)
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| Département de la Guyane Française (C,U)
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| Department of French Guiana (C,U)
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| Guyane Française (C,U,French)
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| La Guyane (C,U)
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| La Guyane Française (C,U)
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| An Ghuáin Fhrancach (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Falanise Kuiana (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Faransi ka gwiyani (C,U,Bambara)
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| Franca Gviano (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Francia Guyana (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Francoska Gvajana (C,U,Slovene)
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| Francouzská Guyana (C,U,Czech)
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| Franču Gviāna (C,U,Latvian)
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| Francuska Gvajana (C,U,Croatian)
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| Francuska Gvajana (Bosnian)
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| Francúzska Guayana (C,U,Slovak)
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| Frankriikka Guayana (C,U,Northern Sami)
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| Frans-Guyana (C,U,Dutch)
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| Frans-Guyana (Afrikaans)
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| Fransız Guyanası (C,U,Turkish)
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| Fransız Quyanası (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| Franska Guyana (C,U,Swedish)
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| Franska Gvæjana (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Fransk Gujana (C,U,Faroese)
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| Fransk Guyana (C,U,Danish)
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| Fransk Guyana (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Fransk Guyana (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Französisch-Guayana (C,U,German)
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| Frentsi Gayana nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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| Frɛnkye Gayana (C,U,Akan)
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| Giana Ffrengig (C,U,Welsh)
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| Gini Ta Faransa (C,U,Hausa)
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| Giyaan Farayse (C,U,Fulah)
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| Giyane wa Nfalanse (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
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| Giyanɛ ya Falánsɛ (C,U,Lingala)
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| Guaiana Francesa (C,U,Catalan)
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| Guayana Francesa (C,U,Spanish)
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| Güiana Francesa (C,U,Galician)
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| Guiana Francesa (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Guiana francesa (C,U,Occitan)
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| Guiana Francese (C,U,Italian)
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| Gujana Franċiża (C,U,Maltese)
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| Gujana Francuska (C,U,Polish)
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| Guyana enfalansa (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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| Guyana francese (C,U,Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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| Guyana Franceză (C,U,Romanian)
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| Guyana frantsay (C,U,Malagasy)
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| Guyana Frantsesa (C,U,Basque)
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| Guyana Franzosa (C,U,Romansh)
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| Guyana Perancis (C,U,Indonesian)
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| Güyâni tî farânzi (C,U,Sangho)
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| Gwayana y'Abafaransa (C,U,Rundi)
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| Gwiana cʼhall (C,U,Breton)
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| Gwiyana ya Ufaransa (C,U,Kikuyu)
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| Gwiyana ya Ufaransa (Swahili (generic))
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| Gwiyana ye Furansi (C,U,North Ndebele)
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| isi-French Guiana (C,U,Zulu)
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| Orílẹ́ède Firenṣi Guana (C,U,Yoruba)
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| Prancūzijos Gviana (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Prantsuse Guajaana (C,U,Estonian)
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| Quiana thuộc Pháp (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Ranskan Guayana (C,U,Finnish)
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| फ़्रांसीसी गिआना (C,U,Hindi)
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| ഫ്രഞ്ച് ഗയാന (C,U,Malayalam)
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| Французская Гвиана (C,U,Russian)
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| فرینچ گیانا (C,U,Urdu)
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| फ्रेंच गयाना (C,U,Marathi)
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| 法属圭亚那 (C,U,Chinese)
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| ফরাসী গায়ানা (C,U,Bengali)
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| 프랑스령 기아나 (C,U,Korean)
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| ප්රංශ ගයනාව (C,U,Sinhala)
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| גיאנה הצרפתית (C,U,Hebrew )
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| ಫ್ರೆಂಚ್ ಗಯಾನಾ (C,U,Kannada)
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| ఫ్రెంచ్ గియానా (C,U,Telugu)
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| Френска Гвиана (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| फ्रान्सेली गायना (C,U,Nepali)
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| ફ્રેંચ ગયાના (C,U,Gujarati)
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| የፈረንሳይ ጉዊአና (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| የፈረንሳይ ጉዊአና (Amharic)
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| Француска Гвајана (C,U,Serbian)
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| Француска Гвајана (Macedonian)
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| ເຟັນສກິວນາ (C,U,Lao)
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| ஃப்ரென்ச் கயானா (C,U,Tamil)
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| ଫ୍ରେଞ୍ଚ ଗୁଇନା (C,U,Odia)
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| غويانا الفرنسية (C,U,Arabic)
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| Γαλλική Γουιάνα (C,U,Greek)
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| گویان فرانسه (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| เฟรนช์เกียนา (C,U,Thai)
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| ပြင်သစ် ဂီယာနာ (C,U,Burmese)
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| 仏領ギアナ (C,U,Japanese)
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| Французская Гвіяна (C,U,Belarusian)
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| Французька Гвіана (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| Région Guyane (C,U)
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Place Types: |
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| dependent state (preferred, C) |
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awarded to France in Treaty of Breda in 1667 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| overseas department (C) |
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of France, established 1946 |
| colony (H) |
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| first level subdivision (C) |
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| dependent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Cayenne .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, South America, French Guiana) [7005770] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Collectivité Territoriale de Guyane.......... |
[VP] |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -916610 |
| Département de la Guyane Française.......... |
[VP] |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -916610 |
| Territorial Collectivity of Guiana.......... |
[VP] |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -916610 |
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