French Guiana

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5 Country profile
- 5.1 Urban indicators
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HFA National Reports

Preliminary national HFA progress report 2009-2011 (2010): Unreported

National HFA Progress Report 2007-2009 (2008): Unreported

National report 2007: No reported

National report 2006: No reported

National report 2005: No reported

National report 2004: No reported

National Platform

No National Platform reported:

HFA National Focal Point

No HFA National Focal Point Reported

Other contacts:

PAHO-WHO Barbados and Eastern Caribbean Countries:

OECC serves the French Departments in the Americas (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Matinique)

Contact Person: Dr. Gina Watson, PWR-ECC, ,Office of the Eastern Caribbean Coordination

Address: Dayralls and Navy Garden Roads, Christ Church, Bridgetown, Barbados / P.O. Box 508, Bridgetown, Barbados

Phone: (+246) 426-3860/426-3865/427-9434 / Fax: 436-9779

E-mail: e-mail@cpc.paho.org

Website: www.cpc.paho.org

French Guiana Civil Defense:

Address: La Région de la Guyane, 66, avenue du Général de Gaulle, 97300 CAYENNE

Phone: 05 94 29 20 20 / FAX : 05 94 31 95 22

E-mail: Courrier@guyane.pref.gouv.fr

Website: http://www.guyane.pref.gouv.fr/

Country profile

Official Name: Guyane (Guyane française)

Capital: Cayenne

Population: 209,000 (est. 2007)

Area: 83,534 sq km

Population density: 2.5/sq km

Religion: The predominant religion in this region is Roman Catholicism, though the Maroons and some Amerindian peoples still practice their own religions.

Language: French

Ethnics group: Guianese Creoles, Haitians, Europeans, Maroons (also called Bush Negroes) and Amerindians.

Currency: Euro

Though sharing cultural affinities with the French-speaking territories of the Caribbean, French Guiana is somewhat set apart from the rest of the region, with the Caribbean Sea actually being located several hundred kilometres to the west, beyond the arc of the Lesser Antilles.

French Guiana consists of two main geographical regions: a coastal strip where the majority of the people live, and dense, near-inaccessible rainforest which gradually rises to the modest peaks of the Tumac-Humac mountains along the Brazilian frontier. French Guiana's highest peak is Bellevue de l'Inini (851 m). Other mountains include Mont Machalou (782 m), Pic Coudreau (711 m) and Mont St Marcel (635 m), Mont Favard (200 m) and Montagne du Mahury (156 m). Several small islands are found off the coast, the three Iles du Salut Salvation Islands which includes Devil's Island and the isolated Ile de Connetable bird sanctuary further along the coast towards Brazil.

The Barrage de Petit-Saut hydroelectric dam in the north of French Guiana forms an artificial lake and provides hydroelectricity. There are many rivers in French Guiana.

Institutional Level:

The Regional Inter-ministerial Service of Civil and Economic Affairs for Defense and Civil Protection is in charge of overseeing disaster prevention (information and planning. It contains an operational centre that allows for managing emergency situations. It is also responsible for the functioning and follow-up on public security.

Source: translated from Wikipedia

Urban indicators

Indicator	2030
Total population (thousands)	318.8
Population in urban (thousands)	259.4
Population in slums (thousands)	N/A
Population in urban areas (% of total population)	81.4
Population in slums (% of urban population)	N/A
Annual urban population growth rate (%)	N/A
Annual slum population growth rate (%)	N/A
Population with access to improved sanitation (% of urban population)	N/A
Population with access to improved water (% of urban population)	N/A
Population with sufficient living area (% of urban population)	N/A
Population with durable structures (% of urban population)	N/A
Population in rural (thousands)	59.4