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French Guiana
French Guiana, also known by its French name Guyane or Guyane française, is an overseas department and region of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas and the West Indies.
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- Context
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- Capital
- Cayenne
- Population
- 292,354 inh.
- Area
- 83,534 km²
- Currency
- EUR
- Regime
- —
Executive in office
Head of State
Emmanuel Macron
Head of Government
Rodolphe Alexandre
Parliament
Assemblée de Guyane
Military bases Institute · Wikipedia
active rotational or scaled down uncertain closed or handed over foreign base on national soil
Register kept by the Institute, updated 2026.10.08; coordinates and links read from Wikipedia.
Foreign bases on national soil 1
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French Armed Forces in French Guiana
France · Cayenne et Kourou (protection du centre spatial)
Society · human UNDP HDI · World Bank · WID · UNHCR 2025
Refugees originating
42
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 2,568 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 3,225, or ×1.3.
French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Indices and figures · UNHCR 2025 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)