Bélizon is a village in

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. In 1952, a 150 kilometer track was constructed between Saül via Bélizon to the road leading to

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by the Guinese Mining Bureau in order to develop the

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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 ''Clausirion bicolor'' is a species of longhorn beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Galileo and Martins in 2000. It is endemic to Bélizon, French Guiana where it flies from August to September. It is long and have black colo ...

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Adiposphaerion ''Adiposphaerion'' is a genus of longhorn beetles in the tribe Elaphidiini, containing a single species, ''Adiposphaerion rubrum'', described my Martins and Napp in 1992. It is endemic to Bélizon, French Guiana and has a red body with black legs ...

'' are endemic to Bélizon.

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