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French Guiana (Guyana)
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Guiana. French Guiana, with an area of 90,000
square km, lies in the north-eastern part of South
America between Surinam and Brazil. Equatorial
rainforest covers nine tenths of the territory. It is
the biggest and most densely forested French
department. At the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, France
suggested that it be made a center of excellence for
the protection of tropical rainforests and
ecodevelopment.
Guiana has 157,213 inhabitants, over 50,000 of whom
live in Cayenne, and a population density of 2
inhabitants per square km. The people reflect a
multiplicity of racial origins, being mainly: Creoles
(about 40%), Amerindians, persons from metropolitan
France and H'mongs.
The first inhabitants of Guiana were Tupi Guarani
Indians. In 1852 Napoleon III established convict
settlements in Guiana. The French Government ended the
banishment of convicts in 1938. Since the Act of 19
March 1946 Guiana has been a French department.
The space technology era began in Guiana in 1964 with
the opening of the Guiana Space Centre, which had, and
continues to have a major impact on the department's
economy.
Guiana is a land of exuberance, adventure and
discovery par excellence, and green tourism is a prime
route for its further development."
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of French Guiana. "With nearly 31,000 square miles (8 million
hectares) of virgin forest, most classified as protected areas, and an
exceptionally rich natural heritage consisting of some 1300 types of
trees, 190 species of mammals, 720 species of birds, and 480 species of
fish, French Guiana remains one of the last great wilderness areas to
explore."
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