Macouria
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Commune of Macouria |
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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 | Communauté de communes du Centre Littoral |
Mayor | Serge Adelson (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Land area¹ | 377.5 km² |
Population² (1999 census) |
5,050 |
- Density | 13.4/km² (1999) |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 97305/ 97355 |
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. | |
Macouria is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas région and département of France located in South America. The seat of the commune is the settlement of Tonate, and so the commune is also known unofficially as Macouria-Tonate.