Cayenne is the capital, prefecture and largest city of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America, and the largest Francophone city on the South American continent. The city stands on a former island at the mouth of the Cayenne River on the Atlantic coast, and its motto, fert aurum industria, means work brings wealth.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Cayenne (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1664-00-00T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 62,675 (2023)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 4.938611, longitude -52.335
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 143 m
P2046 (area)
area 23.6 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 62675 (2023)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Cayenne - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3382160
4.9381 -52.33455 P PPLC GF GF 973 9731 97302 61550 7 America/Cayenne
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 7 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 4.75, -52.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 4.75, -52.25
4.75 -52.25 Af
Wikidata: Cayenne
Wikidata Q44401, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Cayenne (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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