Awala-Yalimapo
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Commune of Awala-Yalimapo |
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| Location of the commune (in red) within French Guiana | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Guyane |
| Department | Guyane |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de l'Ouest Guyanais |
| Mayor | Jean-Paul Ferreira (2001-2008) |
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| Land area¹ | 187.4 km² |
| Population² (January 2006 census) |
1,198 |
| - Density | 6.4/km² (2006) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 97361/ 97319 |
| 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. | |
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Awala-Yalimapo is a commune on the north coast of French Guiana, close to the border with Suriname. The seat of the commune is the settlement of Awala where the mairie (town hall) is located. Other settlements inside the commune are: Yalimapo, Ayawande, and Piliwa. All of them are Kali'na Amerindian villages.
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[edit] History
The commune of Awala-Yalimapo was created on January 1, 1989 by detaching its territory from the commune of Mana.
[edit] Geography
Awala and Yalimapo are French Guiana's northern-most settlements, located just to the south of the région's northern-most point, the beach of Plage des Hattes, the world’s largest leatherback turtle nesting site.
[edit] Demographics
The inhabitants of Awala-Yalimapo are in their majority Ameridians (Kaliña).
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