Apatou
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Apatou | |
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Location of the commune (in red) within French Guiana | |
Coordinates: 5°09′12″N 54°20′10″W / 5.1533°N 54.336°WCoordinates: 5°09′12″N 54°20′10″W / 5.1533°N 54.336°W | |
Country | France |
Overseas region and department | French Guiana |
Arrondissement | Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni |
Intercommunality | Ouest Guyanais |
Government | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Paul Dolianki |
Area | |
• Land1 | 2,020 km2 (780 sq mi) |
Population (2007) | |
• Population2 | 6,360 |
• Population2 Density | 3.1/km2 (8.2/sq mi) |
INSEE/Postal code | 97360 / 97317 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Apatou is a commune in French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France in South America.
The commune of Apatou was created on 12 November 1976 by detaching its territory from the commune of Grand-Santi-Papaichton (since then renamed Grand-Santi).
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