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	French Guiana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		French Guiana (French: Guyane française, officially Guyane) is an overseas département (département d'outre-mer, or DOM) of France, located on the Caribbean coast of South America and part of Caribbean South America.
		It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Brazil to the east and south, and Suriname to the west (part of the eastern border with Suriname is disputed).
		French Guiana consists of three main geographical regions: a coastal strip where the majority of the people live, then dense, near-inaccessible rainforest, which gradually rises to the modest peaks of the Tumac-Humac mountains along the Brazilian frontier.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/French_Guiana (976 words)

	Suriname article - Suriname South America French Guiana Guyana Brazil Atlantic Detail motto - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Republic of Suriname, more commonly known as Suriname or Surinam, (formerly known as Netherlands Guiana and Dutch Guiana) is a country in northern South America, in between French Guiana to the east and Guyana to the west.
		The southern border is shared with Brazil and the northern border is the Atlantic coast.
		Suriname is the smallest country in South America (not counting French Guiana, as this is part of France).
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Suriname (827 words)

	Info about the Hmong in French Guyana
		The resettlement began when a customs inspector in French Guyana (who had previously served as counselor to the government of Laos) suggested that the refugee program consider resettling Hmong in French Guyana.
		French Guyana is located a few degrees above the equator on South America's northern Atlantic coast.
		The French government should consider opening their doors to more Hmong refugees in the future; this exemplary community is a model for other struggling communities.
	www.hmongcenter.org /hmoninfrengu.html (726 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- French Guiana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Besides the French space center at Kourou (which accounts for 25% of GDP), fishing and forestry are the most important economic activities.
		Cultivation of crops is limited to the coastal area, where the population is largely concentrated; rice and manioc are the major crops.
		French Guiana is heavily dependent on imports of food and energy.
	www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/fg.html (599 words)

	Amazonia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Park of Guyana: Probably the most important issue at stake in French Guyana is the creation of a National Park in the South of the country which both the French and Guyanese authorities decided to establish in the wake of the big UNCED conference of Rio de Janeiro in 1992.
		In 1997, a new project the Park of Guyana was launched, greatly increasing local participation of the local population, the Amerindian Federation and local environmental NGOs.
		The mission to French Guyana was perfectly organised and accompanied by Kris Wood, coordinator of the active NGO Pou d'Agouti in St. Laurant, who tragically died from an accident in September 1998.
	www.amazonia.net /Articles/300.htm (1089 words)

	French Guiana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		French Guiana is largely dependent on subsidies and imports from its mother country.
		French is the official language, but other languages and dialects are spoken as well.
		The department is represented in the French national assembly and senate.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0819656.html (467 words)

	Devil's Island: Sailing From Brazil To French Guyana ~ By James Baldwin
		A note incrimanating someone in the French military was found in the garbage of one of the offices of the French High Command.
		Toady French Guyana’s most popular mainland port for visiting yachts is located some 30 miles northwest of Cayenne in the mouth of the Kourou River.
		I pretend not to understand French by greeting his every question with a smile and a blank stare and am thereby spared having him tell me all the things I must not do here, such as touching fallen coconuts or visiting Devil’s Island, which was rumored to be currently off-limits to visitors.
	www.escapeartist.com /efam/44/Escape_To_Devils_Island.html (3488 words)

	Guyana on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		GUYANA: Construction start-up on planned $80,000,000 gold mine is tentatively scheduled to begin in the year 2002, CAMBIOR [Canada] - Order #: 120701.
		One of the last survivors from the infamous "Bagne", the French prison camp.
		Valerie Amos Une femme noire de 49 ans originaire du Guyana, Valerie Amos, anoblie en 1997, a été nommée lundi à la tête d.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/G/Guyana.asp (459 words)

	Energy Citations Database (ECD) - Energy and Energy-Related Bibliographic Citations
		French overseas departments and territories are widespread throughout the world.
		The French Guyana Margin is an Atlantic Passive Margin of Mesozoic-Tertiary age.
		The French West Indies belong to the volcanic arc of the Lesser Antilles Active Margin.
	www.osti.gov /energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=127642 (375 words)

	French Guiana -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		First settled by the French in 1604, French Guiana was the site of notorious penal settlements (see (Click link for more info and facts about Devil's Island) Devil's Island) until 1951.
		French Guiana is located on the (That part of the Atlantic Ocean north of the equator) North Atlantic coast of (A continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama) South America.
		Translated from the Original French Manuscript by Preston Rambo.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fr/french_guiana.htm (625 words)

	CDC - Antibacterial Resistance, Wayampis Amerindians, French Guyana
		Rates of antibacterial exposure were calculated as the ratio of the number of treatments prescribed divided by the number of villagers and compared by using analysis of variance.
		That the resistance rate was higher in the Wayampis Amerindians than in the French workers was unexpected, considering the higher levels of antibacterial drug use in the French community.
		Frequency of antibacterial exposure was calculated by dividing the number of all antibacterial courses during the year preceding the study by the number of persons in each village.
	www.cdc.gov /ncidod/eid/vol10no6/03-1015.htm (2317 words)

	Links to the Amerindians of Guyana: Caribbean Amerindian Centrelink
		Excerpt—“ The indigenous peoples of Guyana are collectively known as Amerindians and constitute about 4 percent of the population.
		Myths and Legends of the Amerindians of Guyana, from Guyana.ro:
		On January 1, 1999, a 25-year-old Barbadian by the name of Damon Corrie became the second most influential Amerindian leader in the CARICOM when he was elected to the position of vice-sovereign chief of the 53,000 citizens of the Pan-Tribal Confederacy of Amerindian Tribal Nations.
	www.centrelink.org /Guyana.html (2591 words)

	Interview with Alternative Libertaire in French Guyana \| North Eastern Federation of Anarchist Communists
		Thanks to the newspaper "Alternative Libertaire", which is distributed in Guyana, a group of comrades made contact with AL and organized a meeting between all those who were interested.
		ALG: The two biggest anti-colonialist organizations in Guyana at present are the UTB (Union of Guianan Workers) and the MDES (Movement for Decolonization and Social Emancipation).
		The UTG is Guyana's biggest labour union, with a great capacity for mobilization and a presence in almost every sector of activity.
	www.nefac.net /node/1734 (675 words)

	French Guiana Country Guide - Overview - World Travel Guide Provided By Columbus Travel Publishing
		French Guiana is situated on the northeast coast of South America and is bordered by Brazil and by Surinam to the west.
		Cayenne, the capital and chief port, is on the island of the same name at the mouth of the Cayenne River.
		The main French Space Centre was built in Kourou.
	www.wtg-online.com /data/guf/guf.asp (177 words)

	TioukaEnglish
		French Guyana which represents the six indigenous peoples of French Guyana, an overseas Department of France in the
		French Guyanese officials assembled in congress and, finally, the proposals of the government on the guidelines which can be
		The aboriginals of French Guyana currently live caught in the hinges of a double conflict : on the one hand, a conflict in the
	www.kacike.org /cac-ike/TioukaEnglish.html (2594 words)

	French Guyana - France guide - official French tourism web site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		On the north-east coast of South America, between Surinam and Brazil, Guyana is a fascinating and wild country.
		A green paradise par excellence, Guyana is almost entirely covered by thick Amazonian forest and criss-crossed by wide rivers.
		Almost half of its eight million hectares of French Amazonia are a protected environment.
	uk.franceguide.com /regions/region.asp?idr=17 (207 words)

	Amerindians of French Guiana
		The substitution of a word for another and the present efforts made by various actors to validate and impose or, on the contrary, to discredit the use of the expression ‘chef coutumier’ are associated with the history of the relations between the Kali'na society and the global society and its institutions.
		Caribe (Kalihna, Carib, Cariña, Kalinya, Galibi), Spoken In Venezuela, Surinam, Guyana, French Guyana:
		Encyclopaedia Brittanica: The Maroni River, between Suriname and French Guiana.
	www.centrelink.org /FrenchGuiana.html (1351 words)

	French Guyana Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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		It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Brazil to the east and south, and Suriname to the west (part of the southern border with Suriname is disputed).
	encyclopedia.localcolorart.com /encyclopedia/French_Guyana (1142 words)

	French Guyana Travel Directory
		Surface : 83,534 sq km (32,253 sq miles) - French Guiana is situated on the northeast coast of South America and is bordered by Brazil and by Surinam to the west.
		System : As an Overseas Department, French Guiana is represented by one member of the Senate and one member of the National Assembly in France.
		Dry season is August to December; rainy season is December and January and April to July.
	www.tuttinsieme.it /tutti/tut/souame/guyane/guyedir.htm (145 words)

	French Guyana in 1997
		Initially settled by the French in 1660 Guyane passed in Dutch hands, then British, then French again, then Dutch again, then French again, then Portuguese, and finally back to the French in 1817.
		Cayenne was an infamous penal colony but it became the French Overseas Department of Guyane in 1946 meaning that its people became French citizens with the same privileges as mainland French.
		The population is mostly Catholic and much more homogeneous than that of Suriname or Guyana but the overwhelming Creole majority is being eroded by illegal immigration from Suriname, Brazil and Haiti, it is now estimated that 70% are Creole, 10% Caucasian, 8% Asian, 8% Brazilian and 4% Amerindian.
	berclo.net /page97/97en-guyane-fr.html (275 words)

	Amapá-French Guyana Gold Province
		It is 350km in length and includes the gold districts of Uaçá (Brazil), Montagnes françaises, Paul Isnard-Délices, St.Elie, Adieu-Vat, Orapu-Petit Approuague, Comté-Approuague and Courouaie (French Guyana).
		The gold from the French and Brazilian Guyanas has been known for about two centuries.
		Access to the Central and Southern belts (Brazilian) is made by road but on the french side, access is made by river, by airplane or helicopter.
	members.tripod.com /alainlestra/amapa.htm (256 words)

	History Of French Guiana - ABC Guyana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		History of French Guiana - Find directories of historical resources, and learn about the history of this overseas department of France.
		The original inhabitants of French Guiana were Carib and Arawak Indians.
		First settled by the French in 1604, French_Guiana was the...
	www.doylestownfireco.com /history-of-french-guiana.html (346 words)

	French Guyana Disaster Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The official language is French; a Creole patois is spoken locally.
		Average relative humidity on the coast is 81-90%.
		French Guiana is vulnerable to flooding and industrial and technological accidents.
	www.disaster-info.net /carib/frenchguyana.htm (82 words)

	ecobrazil.com - Northwest expedition: French Guyana, Amapa, Para & Maranhao
		That is the prison where Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman try to escape from its jungle in the movie Papillon at the IIle Royale.
		The Indians and slaves built this fort in the course of 18 years (1764-1782) to protect the the French invasion from the Guiana.
		The city, with ¾ of a million inhabitants, was originally founded by the French in 1612 and later occupied by the Dutch in the mid-1600s.
	www.ecobrazil.com /trguian.asp (1309 words)

	Amazon Alliance Amazon Update: February 2003, nO. 88
		Official recognition of the existence of indigenous peoples with their own social, political, economic, and cultural organizations with original rights over the ancestral lands they occupy, which are necessary to guarantee their ways of life and development.
		Within these proposals, is included the need to recognize the existence of indigenous peoples with the right to hold collective land with a sound environment that isn’t affected by natural resources exploitation.
		Further, the propose the creation of a national commission on tripartite demarcation, integrated by the state, the territorial assembly and indigenous peoples for the demarcation and transferal of those lands to the indigenous peoples of French Guyana.
	www.amazonalliance.org /upd_feb03_en.html (1074 words)

	french guyana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		It is not exhaustive, because French Guyana is quite large and I went only to places reachable by roads or tracks.
		Except CNES in Kourou (Ariane rocket) and penal colony ruins, all the other activities are bound to nature : walking and canoeing in primary forests, or also seing Luth turtles laying on the beach… As to me, I spent 3 weeks on insect collecting (day and night collecting, and trapping)
		The cheapest way to sleep in French Guyana is hammock, and the best is to buy one in Cayenne before going in the forest (you can always rent a hammock in the guesthouses).
	butterflies.freeservers.com /guyane/guyane.html (383 words)

	eBay - french guyana, Europe, Publications Supplies items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		French Guyana Airmail Set of 2 Mint Hinged
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		French Guyana 1947 Pictorials Mint 3v Set 5056
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	Amazon.com Books: French Guiana, Guyana & Suriname (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Nelles Venezuela Travel Map with Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana
		The pocket guide to the West Indies and British Guyana: British Honduras, Bermuda, the Spanish Main, Surinam, the Panama Canal
		Guyana Farewell: A Recollection of Childhood in a Faraway Place
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/17165 (282 words)

	French Guiana Real Estate Listings Property Database Search homes Apartments
		French Guiana Real Estate Listings Property Database Search homes Apartments
		French Guiana / Guatemala / Guyana / Honduras / Mexico / Nicaragua
		French Guiana Kourou Degrad des Cannes Saint-Georges Saul Cayenne Saint laurent du Maroni
	www.nvmundo.com /frenchguiana (155 words)

	Alternative Libertaire in French Guyana - South America Anarchist movement - Anarkismo
		Alternative Libertaire in French Guyana - South America Anarchist movement - Anarkismo
		Cameras capture racist taunts of French anti-riot police
		Interview with Alternative Libertaire in French Guyana: Anti-colonisalists and libertarians
	www.anarkismo.net /newswire.php?story_id=110&media_type=TEXT (922 words)

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