Map of Guinaa
Guinaa is a first-level division of French Guiana. Its largest mapped city is Cayenne, with about 61,550 people in the metropolitan area. The interactive map below is centred on Guinaa, and the tables list its 6 mapped cities along with the ports nearest to them.
- Cities Mapped
- 6
- Largest City
- Cayenne
- Country
- French Guiana
Interactive Map of Guinaa
History of Guinaa: Empires and States
The atlas records 9 polities whose mapped territory included part of Guinaa, from New France in 1670 CE to 2024 CE. They are listed in the order they first appear.
| Polity | Period here |
|---|---|
| New France | 1670–1790 CE |
| Kingdom of France | 1670–1791 CE |
| The Portuguese Empire | 1805–1814 CE |
| Bourbon Kingdom of France | 1815–1847 CE |
| Second French Empire | 1853–1870 CE |
| The French Colonial Empire | 1853–1939 CE |
| French Third Republic | 1871–1939 CE |
| French Fourth Republic | 1945–1957 CE |
| French Fifth Republic | 1958–2024 CE |
Historical Maps of Guinaa
Guinaa on the world map in each year one of these states held it:
Derived by testing mapped cities against dated territorial polygons. Dates are when the polygons cover this place, not the polity's whole lifespan, and polities absent from the source dataset are not listed.
Largest Cities in Guinaa
6 cities mapped. Ranked by metropolitan population. A port city's harbour is written up on the page of its sea.
| # | Name | Population | Region | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cayenne | 61,550 | Guinaa | Populated place |
| 2 | Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni | 24,287 | Guinaa | Admin-1 region capital |
| 3 | Kourou | 24,029 | Guinaa | Populated place |
| 4 | Sinnamary | 3,180 | Guinaa | Populated place |
| 5 | Roura | 2,229 | Guinaa | Populated place |
| 6 | Iracoubo | 1,536 | Guinaa | Populated place |
Ports in Guinaa
1 port mapped. Ranked by approach channel depth, the figure that limits which ships can call. Harbours link to their write-up on the page of the sea or coast they lie on. Assigned by the nearest mapped city, so features near the boundary may belong to a neighbouring division.
| # | Name | Channel Depth | Class | Sea | Max Vessel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Degrad Des Cannes | 53 m | Very Small | Atlantic Coast of South America | large vessels |
Guinaa: Quick Answers
- Where is Guinaa?
- Guinaa is a first-level division of French Guiana, in South America. Its mapped cities centre on 5.1968° N, 52.9204° W.
- What is the largest city in Guinaa?
- Cayenne is the largest city mapped in Guinaa, with a metropolitan population of about 61,550.
- How many cities are in Guinaa?
- YearMaps maps 6 cities and towns in Guinaa, with a combined metropolitan population of about 116,811. This counts mapped settlements, not every municipality.