Macouria

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Coordinates: 5°00′50″N 52°28′27″W / 5.013876, -52.47424

Commune of Macouria

Location
Location of the commune (in red) within French Guiana
Administration
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.
France

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.