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French Guiana

French overseas department and region in South America
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Summary

French Guiana is an overseas department and region of France[1]. It draws 52,724 Wikipedia views per month (overseas department and region of france category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: France[3]
  • Country: France[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Atlantic Ocean[5]
  • Head of government: Rodolphe Alexandre[6]
  • Continent: South America[7]
  • Instance of: region of France[8]
  • Capital: Cayenne[9]
  • Official language: French[10], Guianan Creole[11]
  • Currency: euro[12], French Guianan franc[13]
  • Shares border with: Suriname[14], Brazil[15], Amapá[16], Sipaliwini District[17], Marowijne District[18]
  • Top-level Internet domain: .gf[19]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Cayenne[20], arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni[21]
  • Flag: flag of French Guiana[22]
  • Legislative body: Assembly of French Guiana[23]
  • Executive body: Regional Council of French Guiana[24]
  • Coat of arms: Coat of arms of French Guiana[25]
  • Part of: South America[26], Latin America[27]
  • Commons category: French Guiana[28]
  • Located in time zone: UTC−03:00[29]
  • Local dialing code: 594[30]
  • Telephone country code: +594[31]
  • Unicode character: 🇬🇫[32]
  • Inception: March 21, 1946[33]
  • Highest point: Bellevue de l'Inini[34]
  • Coordinate location: 4, -53[35]

Why It Matters

French Guiana has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · GregMcCollum · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Banq authority id → 0001690630
    Canadiana name authority id → ncf10000314
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Banq authority id: 0001690630, add P3280 claim: 0001690630"
  2. 10w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q33573 (kin)-Adygrafix250-Guyane Nyamfaransa.wav
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Pronunciation audio: LL-Q33573 (kin)-Adygrafix250-Guyane Nyamfaransa.wav"
  3. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Bardejov
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q27007, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  4. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2wGyN
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 15w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Icannwiki page id → French_Guiana
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Icannwiki page id: French_Guiana, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294324032|French Guiana (#294324032)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8064|ICANNWiki]]"
  6. 17w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → french-guiana
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: french-guiana, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289928956|french guiana (#289928956)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  7. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0201670-Francouzska-Guayana-Francie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0201670-Francouzska-Guayana-Francie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  8. 20w ago · ThomasG0598 · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Legislative body → Assembly of French Guiana
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Legislative body: Assembly of French Guiana"
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