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The Department of Guiana, or (French Guiana) is an overseas Department of France. First settled by the French in 1604, French Guiana was the site of notorious penal settlements until 1951. The European Space Agency launches its satellites from Kourou.

The capital is Cayenne.

From the CIA World Factbook 2000. Not Wikified.

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