Saint Laurent Du Maroni

Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is a commune of French Guiana, an distant places place and branch of France positioned in South America. Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is one of the two sub-prefectures of French Guiana and the seat of the Arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni. It is the second one maximum populous town of French Guiana, with 40,462 population at the Jan. 2011 census.

Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is a border metropolis in north-west French Guiana. It is placed at the Maroni River, opposite the city of Albina in Suriname which can be reached by ferry or pirogue. It does no longer, therefore, have an Atlantic coast; this may have affected the selection of the town's area, which may be defined by means of the choice of the penal authorities to avoid prisoners escaping through a sea route.

The ethnic composition of the city is, as anywhere in French Guiana, numerous: Taki-Taki-speakme Maroons are today the biggest ethnic group, observed through Creoles, Amerindians, Haitians, metropolitains and Brazilians. Maroons will typically be discovered inside the neighbourhoods referred to as l. A. Charbonniere, les Vampires and les Sables Blancs. Amerindians are located in a few villages at the outskirts of town: Balate, Paddock, Prosperite, Terre Rouge, Esperance, Village Pierre.