French Guiana

Department of French Guiana

Latin America

Geography

Area: 86,504 sq km

Sparsely inhabited jungle territory in northeast South America. Great diversity of flora and fauna with over 400,000 species known.

Population: 231,313    Annual Growth: 2.75%

Capital: Cayenne

Urbanites: 76.4%

Official language: French. Guianese French Creole widely spoken    Languages: 15 All languages