Global Sourcebook for International Data Management
by Graham Rhind
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French Guiana
Global Sourcebook | Index | Properties
| FRENCH GUIANA |
French Guiana is a département of France. It forms part of the French mail system.
For supplementary information, see links to post office home pages here , to postal code pages here
and to other personal name and addressing issues pages here
.
| Table of Contents |
French Guiana - Country information
Local short name form
Official name
Area
Population
Capital
Currency
International telephone access code
ISO 3166 country codes
Car nationality plate code
Internet country code
GRC Country Code
French Guiana - Number format
Note: This section last updated 19th April 2021
1 234,45
(where , indicates the decimal separator and a space the thousands separator)
French Guiana - Date and time formats
Note: This section last updated 19th April 2021
dd/mm/yyyy dd.mm.yyyy dd-mm-yyyy
The 24-hour clock notation is used, with h, indicating heures, hours, often used as a separator:
14h32 14:32
French Guiana - Languages
French Guiana has ten languages. The official language is French . 50 000 people speak French Guianese
, a French-based Creole. Other languages are Arawak
(150-200 speakers); Hakka Chinese
; Emerillon
(200 speakers); Caribbean Javanese
; Kalihna
(1 200 speakers); Palikúr
(600 speakers); Wayampi
(400 speakers) and Wayana
(200 speakers).
French Guiana - Address formats
Please refer to the chapter on France for address information.
French Guiana - Postal codes
All French Guianan postal codes (Code Postal) commence with the digits 973.
Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired
French Guiana - Postal code format graphic
French Guiana - Postal code format
French Guiana - Postal code specifics
French Guiana - Postal code regular expression
\A((973)[0-9][0-9])\Z
French Guiana - Postal code level of coverage
French Guiana - Postal code map
n/a
Place names in French Guiana
Note: This section last updated 8th May 2016
Refer to Exonyms in French Guiana for full lists of place names in French Guiana in other languages.
Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http:www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm
Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm
French Guiana - Administrative districts
Note: This section last updated 17th May 2011
French Guiana is a département of France and has the same administrative structure as départements in metropolitan France. Administrative area names are not used in addresses.
Administrative districts graphic
Telephone numbers in French Guiana
Note: This section last updated 24th February 2023
French Guianan telephone numbers have no area codes. All subscriber numbers have 9 digits when called from abroad. Mobile numbers commence 694.
References
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