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List Of Cities In French Guiana
This is a list of cities in French Guiana: Villages * Acarouany * Alikoto Tapele * Antecume Pata * Apatou * Awala-Yalimapo * Balata * Balaté * Bélizon * Bellevue * Boniville * Cacao * Camopi * Cayenne * Charvein * Clément * Cormotibo * Coulor * Délices * Élahé * Espérance * Grand Santi * Guisanbourg * Île Portal * Iracoubo * Javouhey * Kaw or Caux * Kourou * Kulumuli * Macouria * Malmanoury * Mana * Maripasoula * Matoury * Montsinéry * Nouveau Wakapou * Ouanary * Paul Isnard * Pilima * Pointe Isère * Providence * Résidence Arc-en-ciel * Régina * Rémire * Rochambeau * Roura * Saint-Nazaire * Sainte-Rose-de-Lima * Saül * Sinnamary * St-Élie * St Georges de l'Oyapock * St-Jean * St-Laurent du Maroni * Talhuwen * Tonate * Tonnegrande * Trois-Palétuviers * Trois Sauts * Trou Poisson Trou Poisson is a village in the commune of Iracoubo in French Guiana. The village is near abandoned, and has a cemetery for priests deported during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Saint-Georges, French Guiana
Saint-Georges (sometimes unofficially called Saint-Georges-de-l'Oyapock) is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. It lies on the Oyapock River (which forms the border with Brazil), opposite the Brazilian town of Oiapoque. The town contains a town hall, a French Foreign Legion detachment, and some hotels (the main ones being Le Tamarin, Coz Calè and the Chez Modestine). Saint-Georges has been one of the three sub-prefectures of French Guiana and the seat of the Arrondissement of Saint-Georges since October 2022. History Several short-lived colonies had been founded on the Oyapock River. In 1604, Charles Leigh founded Oyapoc for Great-Britain. After a mutiny, the colony was abandoned in 1606. In 1620, Roger North tried again, but was forced to abandon the colony in 1629. In February 1677, John Apricius founded a Dutch colony, and constructed Fort Orange. In June 1677, they were attacked by the French, and shipped back to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cacao, French Guiana
Cacao is a village in French Guiana, lying on the to the south of Cayenne. Most of the population are Hmong farmers, refugees from Laos who were resettled in French Guiana in 1977. The reasoning was that living, and working conditions were similar to their native land. As of 2007, the village had a population of 750 people. Overview The village is four blocks in size, with narrow streets. Local commercial outlets include restaurants, grocery and bread stores. There are two primary schools, but no secondary education facilities. Public buildings include an insect museum, a library, a church, and gendarmerie. There is also a Sunday morning market at which Hmong weaving, embroidery and food can be purchased. The main hotel in Cacao is L'Auberge des Orpailleurs. Tourist activities include jungle tours, canoeing and kayaking. During December the village hosts a Hmong New Year's festival that lasts about 3–4 days. Economy The economy is based on agriculture. The villagers h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boniville
Boniville (also Agoodé) is a village of Aluku Maroons in the commune of Papaïchton located on the Lawa River in French Guiana. History On 25 May 1891, the Aluku, a tribe of escaped slaves from Suriname, became French citizens, and Granman Ochi became the first officially recognized paramount chief of the tribe. In 1895, Ochi founded the village of Boniville to serve as the administrative centre for the tribe. In 1965, Granman Tolinga moved the capital from Boniville to Papaïchton, and as of 1993, Boniville is a village within the commune of Papaïchton. The village has lost its importance, and has been reduced to a small hamlet. Boniville is still characterised by traditional Aluku architecture with (painted and carved wood work). In 2017, five traditional houses in Boniville and Loca were restored by the National Forests Office. Transport Papaïchton can only be accessed by plane from the Maripasoula Airport, or by boat via the Lawa river. There is an unpaved path to Maripas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellevue, French Guiana
Bellevue is an Amerindian Kalina village in the commune of Iracoubo, French Guiana. Overview Bellevue is an Amerindian village on Route nationale 1, at a distance of eight kilometres from Iracoubo. The inhabitants originally lived in Grosse Roche on the Atlantic Ocean. In the 1950s, they were resettled in Bellevue. In the village, there are a couple of shops, however the nearest accommodations are in Iracoubo. The village has a school. The Kali'na people, Kali'nas (also known as Galibis) in Bellevue still maintain some of their traditions (fishing, danses). In 1997, Cécile Kouyouri became the first female Amerindian
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Bélizon
Bélizon is a village in French Guiana. In 1952, a 150 kilometer track was constructed between Saül via Bélizon to the road leading to Cayenne by the Guinese Mining Bureau in order to develop the gold mine Gold Mine may refer to: *Gold Mine (board game) *Gold Mine (Long Beach), an arena *"Gold Mine", a song by Joyner Lucas from the 2020 album '' ADHD'' See also * ''Gold'' (1974 film), based on the novel ''Gold Mine'' by Wilbur Smith *Gold mining ... at Saül. The cost of the track was more expensive than the gold, and was abandoned in 1960. The route is used by illegal gold prospectors, and therefore a guard post has been set up at Bélizon in 2012. The '' Clausirion bicolor'' and '' Adiposphaerion'' are endemic to Bélizon. Reference Unfinished buildings and structures Villages in French Guiana Roura {{FrenchGuiana-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balaté
Balaté is a village of Lokono Amerindians in the commune of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni at the confluence of the Maroni River and the Balaté River in French Guiana. History Balaté was founded in 1946 near the town of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni. The village had a population of about 600 people as of 2017. In 1987, Jacques Chirac as Prime Minister established Zones of Collective Use Rights (ZDUC). Since 1993, the village has 3,710 hectares of communal land located about 10 kilometres from the village to be used for fishing, hunting and subsistence farming. In 2006, Léon Bertrand Léon Bertrand (born 11 May 1951) is a French politician. Previously a professor of physics and biology, he was Mayor of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni from 1983 until 2018. He was elected to the French National Assembly for the Rally for the Republ ..., who was both Mayor of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni and Delegate Minister of Tourism, developed plans for a large tourist resort with a luxury hotel and casin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balata, French Guiana
Balata is a town in the commune of Matoury in French Guiana. It is located at the junction of RN1 and RN2, and started as a Haitian shanty town. History Balata is named after the nearby Balata Creek. It is located at the junction of RN1 and RN2 in Matoury. Haitian emigration to French Guiana started in the late 1960s, and accelerated from the late 1980s onwards. At first, they settled among the Haitians already living in Cayenne. Starting in 1995, shanty towns like Balata appeared on the outskirts of the urban area. Many of the settlers either bought or rented the land. By 2005, only a third of the residents were squatting. The favourable position at the junction of two main roads, triggered suburbanisation in the area. Family Plaza, a 30,000 m2 commercial centre with shopping mall, a golf course, and the Lycée In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15. * ''Lycées' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antecume Pata
Antecume Pata is a village in French Guiana, France. It was founded by André Cognat, a Pierre-Bénite-born Wayana tribal chief. It is home to a nursery and primary state school. Even though French is taught at the school, Sranan Tongo Sranan Tongo (also Sranantongo "Surinamese tongue," Sranan, Surinaams, Surinamese, Surinamese Creole) is an English-based creole language that is spoken as a ''lingua franca'' by approximately 550,000 people in Suriname. Developed originally amo ... is still the '' lingua franca'' (common language) in the region. Geography Antecume Pata lies about upstream the Lawa River from the village of Kumakahpan and downstream the Lawa River from the village of Palasisi. Notes References * Indigenous villages in French Guiana Maripasoula Villages in French Guiana Islands of French Guiana {{France-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alikoto Tapele
Alikoto Tapele (formerly Alicoto) is an Amerindian village of the Wayampi tribe in southeast French Guiana, close to the border with Brazil. Alicoto was originally home to the chief of the Wayampis. The Wayampis in French Guiana traditionally had very little contact with the outside world, but in the 1940s, captain Eugène, the chief, did allow visits to Saint-Georges to purchase salt. In 1949, the population was 30, however the village was abandoned in 1971. The village was resettled by 2016 as Alikoto Tapele. The village is at an important point in the Oyapock River, where there is a waterfall A waterfall is a point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in several wa ... in the river. The 1763 map of Audiffredy described it as "about 800 feet long and a 10 feet drop". Many villages have existed near the wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acarouany
Acarouany is a village in the Mana commune of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni in French Guiana. Acarouany was the location of leper colony between 1833 and 1979. From 1989 until 1992, it was the location of a Surinamese refugee camp. The village is located on the . Leper colony In 1828, the Ministry of the Navy and Colonies sent Sister Anne-Marie Javouhey to Mana to colonize the area. Lepers up to then had been treated on the Salvation Islands. In 1833, Sister Javouhe set out to create a leprosarium south of the village of Mana on the Acarouany River. At first the patients were housed in straw huts, the construction of a leprosarium with brick buildings took three years. Between 1882 and 1886, the leprosarium was directed by Paul-Louis Simond. After returning to France, he wrote his doctoral thesis ''Leprosy and its means of spread in French Guiana'' for which Simond was awarded the Godard Prize. Simond would later proof that the flea spread the bubonic plague. In 1947, the leprosarium w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awala-Yalimapo
Awala-Yalimapo () is a commune on the north coast of French Guiana, close to the border with Suriname. The seat of the commune is the settlement of Awala where the town hall is located. Other settlements in the commune are: Yalimapo, Ayawande, and Piliwa. The majority of the inhabitants are Kaliña Amerindian people. History The Kalina people have been living along the Maroni River since before the European colonization. In 1596, Lawrence Kemys noted that Iaremappo, a big village, was located near the mouth of the river. European diseases reduced the number of Kalinas in the area to several hundred in the mid 19th century. In 1858, the Hattes penal colony was established in the region and operated until 1950. In the late 1940s, Amerindians from Pointe Isère founded the village of Awala. In 1950, families from Ayawande and Galibi in Suriname founded the village of Yalimapo. The commune of Awala-Yalimapo was created on 31 December 1988 by detaching its territory from the commun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
