French Guiana

E29075

overseas department of France overseas region of France territory

French Guiana is a sparsely populated territory on the northeastern coast of South America known for its Amazonian rainforest and the European spaceport at Kourou.

Aliases (2)

Guyane La Première ×2
overseas department of French Guiana ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	overseas department of France → overseas region of France → territory →
administrativeDivisionOf	French Republic →
borderedBy	Atlantic Ocean → Brazil → Suriname →
callingCode	+594 →
capital	Cayenne →
climate	tropical rainforest climate →
coastlineOn	Atlantic Ocean →
contains	European Spaceport at Kourou → Guiana Amazonian Park → Guiana Space Centre →
continent	South America →
country	France →
currency	euro →
drivesOn	right →
ethnicGroups	Creoles → Indigenous peoples of the Guianas → Maroons → Metropolitan French →
geographicalFeature	Amazonian rainforest →
governingBody	Prefect of French Guiana →
hasCity	Cayenne → Kourou → Matoury → Remire-Montjoly → Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni →
ISO3166-1Alpha2	GF →
ISO3166-1Alpha3	GUF →
judicialSystem	French legal system →
largestCity	Cayenne →
legislature	Departmental Council of French Guiana → Territorial Collectivity Assembly of French Guiana →
locatedIn	northeastern coast of South America →
NUTSRegion	FRY3 →
officialLanguage	French →
officialLanguageStatus	French is the sole official language →
officialStatus	integral part of France → outermost region of the European Union →
partOf	Guianas →
populationDensity	sparsely populated →
primaryReligion	Christianity →
regionalGovernment	Collectivité Territoriale de Guyane →
representedIn	French National Assembly → French Senate →
sovereignState	France →
spaceport	Guiana Space Centre →
timeZone	UTC−03:00 →
usedFor	European space launches →

Referenced by (47)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Antillean Creole → Haitian Creole → Hmong → Ndyuka language →	spokenIn
Amazon Basin → Arawakan languages →	country
Afro-Martiniquais → Afro-Surinamese →	diaspora
Colinus cristatus → harpy eagle →	foundInCountry
Carib languages → Crested bobwhite →	geographicDistribution
French Caribbean → La Première ("Guyane La Première") →	hasPart
Devil’s Island → Guiana Space Centre →	locatedIn
Devil’s Island ("overseas department of French Guiana") →	administrativeTerritory
Amazon River →	basinCountry
Suriname →	borderCountry
Brazil →	borderedBy
French Ministry of Overseas France →	concerns
Latin America →	containsTerritory
Amazon rainforest →	countryLocatedIn
Alfred Dreyfus →	countryOfDetention
Foreign Legion →	garrison
Caribbean Americans →	hasAncestralOrigin
Outre-mer La Première ("Guyane La Première") →	hasChannel
South America →	hasDependentTerritory
European Union outermost regions →	hasMember
French Armed Forces →	hasOverseasPresenceIn
Guianas →	historicallyDividedInto
French overseas territories →	include
Caribbean →	includes
Guianas →	includesTerritory
Atlantic Time Zone →	isUsedInCountry
Devil’s Island →	jurisdiction
CNES →	launchSiteLocation
Dreyfus affair →	location
scarlet ibis →	nativeTo
France →	overseasRegion
Haredi Jews →	populationCenter
Sarnami Hindustani →	primaryRegion
France (on behalf of French overseas departments in the Caribbean) →	represents
Indo-Caribbean people →	significantPopulationIn
BepiColombo →	spaceportCountry
French colonial empire →	territory
Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne →	wasDeportedTo