French Guiana

French Guiana Guyane  (French)
Overseas department, region and single territorial collectivity of France
Territorial Collectivity of French Guiana Collectivité territoriale de Guyane  (French)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto:  Fert Aurum Industria
Anthem: La Marseillaise ("The Marseillaise")
Coordinates: 4°N 53°W / 4°N 53°W / 4; -53
Country	France
Prefecture	Cayenne
Departments	1 (every overseas region consists of a department in itself)
Government
• Prefect	Thierry Queffelec[1]
• President of the Assembly	Gabriel Serville (Guyane Kontré pour avancer)
• Legislature	Assembly of French Guiana
Area [2][3]
• Total	83,846 km2 (32,373 sq mi)
• Land	83,534 km2 (32,253 sq mi)
• Rank	2nd region and 1st department
Population  (January 2022)[4]
• Total	294,436
• Density	3.5/km2 (9.1/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	French Guianan French Guianese
Time zone	UTC-3:00 (BRT)
ISO 3166 code	GF FR-973
GDP (2019)[5]	Ranked 17th
Total	€4.41 billion (US$4.93 billion)
Per capita	€15,521 (US$17,375)
NUTS Region	FRA
Website	Territorial Collectivity Prefecture

French Guiana (French: Guyane) is an overseas department and region of France, on the north Atlantic coast of South America. By land area, it is the second largest region of France (after Nouvelle-Aquitaine) and the largest overseas department of France and of the European Union.

Its prefecture and largest city is Cayenne.

1. ↑ "Un nouveau préfet pour Wallis et Futuna". Wallis-et-Futuna la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 11 February 2021.
2. ↑ Christiane Taubira (28 April 2009). "FICHE QUESTION". Questions National Assembly of France (in French). Retrieved 27 November 2021.
3. ↑ "Population by sex, annual rate of population increase, surface area and density" (PDF). United Nations. 2013. p. 5. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
4. ↑ INSEE. "Estimation de population par région, sexe et grande classe d'âge – Années 1975 à 2022" (in French). Retrieved 21 January 2022.
5. ↑ "Produits intérieurs bruts régionaux et valeurs ajoutées régionales de 2000 à 2020". INSEE. Retrieved 2022-03-25.