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French Guiana Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 143   Population 2000 (UN '000) 165
Area (km2) 83,634   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 63
Number of Administrative Units 21   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 7
Number of Urban Extents 4   Number of Settlement Points 16

French Guiana Details

Names
ISO3-Code GUF
Continent South America
Country Name French Guiana
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 3.0
Leve1 Type Arrondissements
Level2 Type Canton
Level3 Type Comuna
Number of Units 21
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 7
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1999
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 106
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 123
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 143
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 116
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 138
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 165
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 83,634
Average Input Resolution (km) 63
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 16
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 51,781
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,070
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 9,915
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 4
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 160
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 25
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 76
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 304
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 39,820
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 6,118
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 22,486
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 89,944
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 0%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 55%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 75%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 7
Regression-estimated Extents 6
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Institute National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques, INSEE. Tableux Economiques Regionaux. Guyane, 1990, and 1999; www.recensement.insee.fr.
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Institute Geographique National.Carte Touristique Guyane au 1:500000. 1995
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
City Population, www.citypopulation.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
Map, NIMA, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Not available.
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