With a land area of 83,534 km2 (32,253 sq mi), French Guiana is the second-largest region of France (it is more than one-seventh the size of Metropolitan France) and the largest outermost region within the European Union. It has a very low population density, with only inhabitants per square kilometre (9.3/sq mi). (Its population is less than 1/200 the population of Metropolitan France.)
Half of its 296,711 inhabitants in 2019 lived in the metropolitan area of Cayenne, its capital. 98.9% of the land territory of French Guiana is covered by forests, a large part of which is primeval rainforest.
The Guiana Amazonian Park, which is the largest national park in the European Union covers 41% of French Guiana's territory.
Since December 2015 both the region and the department have been ruled by a single assembly within the framework of a new territorial collectivity, the French Guiana Territorial Collectivity (French: collectivité territoriale de Guyane). This assembly, the French Guiana Assembly (French: assemblée de Guyane), has replaced the former regional council and departmental council, which were both disbanded.
The French Guiana Assembly is in charge of regional and departmental government. Its president is Rodolphe Alexandre.
The region still faces such problems as poor infrastructure, high costs of living, high levels of crime and common social unrest.
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| The avifauna of French Guiana has 698 confirmed species, of which one is endemic. |
| 1947.01 | 02.06.1947 | Definitives |
| 10f | 99 | White-throated Toucan Ramphastos tucanus | |
| 15f | 99 | White-throated Toucan Ramphastos tucanus | = 10f |
| 20f | 99 | White-throated Toucan Ramphastos tucanus | = 10f |
| 25f | 107 | Military Macaw Ara militaris |
| and | 107 | Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna | |
| and | 107 | Sun Parakeet Aratinga solstitialis | |
| 40f | 107 | Military Macaw Ara militaris | = 25f |
| and | 107 | Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna | |
| and | 107 | Sun Parakeet Aratinga solstitialis |
| 1947.02 | 02.06.1947 | Air |
| 50f | 104 | Black Caracara Daptrius ater | |
| 200f | 99 | Black-necked Aracari Pteroglossus aracari |
Read also: Bird stamps from French Equatorial Africa: dates of emission and complete statistics.
| and | 99 | Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus | |
| and | 99 | Black-billed Mountain Toucan Andigena nigrirostris | |
| and | 99 | Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus |
source: BirdTheme
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Click here for commentiThe French Guiana birdlife, overseas department of France, includes a total of 734 species, belonging to 27 orders and 81 families.
Reply@Giampaolo Rossi.-Two species have been introduced by man and around 132 are considered rare or accidental. According to the Red List of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, 1 five species are threatened globally.Two species have been introduced by man and around 132 are considered rare or accidental. According to the Red List of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, 1 five species are threatened globally.
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