French Guiana

NA

name: Cayenne geographic coordinates: 4 56 N, 52 20 W time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

chief of state: President Jacques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May 1995), represented by Prefect Jean-Pierre LAFLAQUIERE (since 19 July 2006) head of government: President of the General Council Pierre DESERT (since 26 March 2004); President of the Regional Council Antoine KARAM (since 22 March 1992) cabinet: NA elections: French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; prefect appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of Interior; presidents of the General and Regional Councils are appointed by the members of those councils

unicameral General Council or Conseil General (19 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and a unicameral Regional Council or Conseil Regional (31 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) elections: General Council - last held in March 2000 (next to be held March 2006); Regional Council - last held 21 and 28 March 2004 (next to be held in 2010) election results: General Council - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PSG 5, various left-wing parties 5, independents 7, other 2; Regional Council - (second election results) percent of vote by party - PS 37.24%, UMP 31.58%, FDG/Walwari 31.18%; seats by party - PS 17, UMP 7, FDG/Walwari 7 note: one seat was elected to the French Senate on 27 September 1998 (next to be held September 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; 2 seats were elected to the French National Assembly on 9 June-16 June 2002 (next to be held in 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - UMP/RPR 1, Walwari Committee 1

Court of Appeals or Cour d'Appel (highest local court based in Martinique with jurisdiction over Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana)

4 October 1958 (French Constitution)

UPU, WCL, WFTU

NA

no regular military forces; Gendarmerie

defense is the responsibility of France

$1.551 billion (2003 est.)

$8,300 (2003 est.)

NA%

1% (2003)

$137.5 million f.o.b. (2003)

$625 million c.i.f. (2002 est.)

19.2% (December 2003)

revenues: $135.5 million expenditures: $135.5 million; including capital expenditures of $105 million (1996)

construction, shrimp processing, forestry products, rum, gold mining

corn, rice, manioc (tapioca), sugar, cocoa, vegetables, bananas; cattle, pigs, poultry

199,509 (July 2006 est.)

1.96% (2006 est.)

0-14 years: 28.9% (male 29,540/female 28,210) 15-64 years: 64.8% (male 69,302/female 59,980) 65 years and over: 6.3% (male 6,350/female 6,127) (2006 est.)

20.46 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

4.88 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)

4.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)

total population: 77.27 years male: 73.95 years female: 80.75 years (2006 est.)

black or mulatto 66%, white 12%, East Indian, Chinese, Amerindian 12%, other 10%

French

Roman Catholic

definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 83% male: 84% female: 82% (1982 est.)

bauxite, timber, gold (widely scattered), petroleum, kaolin, fish, niobium, tantalum, clay

0 cu m (2003 est.)

465.2 million kWh (2003)

small amount of marijuana grown for local consumption; minor transshipment point to Europe

Suriname claims area between Riviere Litani and Riviere Marouini (both headwaters of the Lawa) in French Guiana

11 (2006)

total: 817 km (1998)

98,000 (2004)

38,000 (2005)