法属圭亚那,法国法属圭亚那法国的海外部,南美的东北海岸。面积:32373平方英里(83846平方公里)。人口:2023(美国东部时间)294900年。资本:辣椒。是有界的,巴西南部和东部,苏里南西部和大西洋东北部。大多数法属圭亚那低洼,山脉南部的沿海平原和沼泽。马罗尼河苏里南边界的形式。法属圭亚那人口大部分都是克里奥尔语。主要的语言是法语和克里奥尔语(官方);9/10的人是罗马天主教徒。 Originally settled by the Spanish, French, and Dutch, the territory of French Guiana was awarded to France in 1667, and the inhabitants were made French citizens after 1877. By 1852 the French began using the territory for penal settlement; the penal colony at Devils Island was notorious. French Guiana became a department of France in 1946; the penal colonies were closed by 1953.
