Iracoubo
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Commune of Iracoubo |
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Location | |
Location of the commune (in red) within French Guiana | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Guyane |
Department | Guyane |
Arrondissement | Cayenne |
Intercommunality | none as of 2007 |
Mayor | Daniel Mangal (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Land area¹ | 2,762 km² |
Population² (January 2006 census) |
1,899 |
- Density | 0.7/km² (2006) |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 97303/ 97350 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Iracoubo is a town and commune on the coast of French Guiana, an overseas région and département of France located in South America. The settlement of Iracoubo, seat of the commune, is located between the settlement of Sinnamary and the hamlet of Organabo (located within the commune of Iracoubo).
There is a parish church dating from 1893 in the town.
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