Flag of French Guiana
What the flag means
- Green — the rainforest that covers most of the territory
- Yellow — the gold and other riches of the land
- Red star — read as socialism, or as blood shed
Design set by: Constitution du 4 octobre 1958, Article 2 · Adopted 1958
Highlights
- 🚀 Kourou's European spaceport
- 🌳 Vast Amazon rainforest
- 🦋 Rich biodiversity
- 🐢 Giant turtle nesting beaches
- 🌊 Exotic equatorial nature
Quick facts
- Region
- Americas · South America
- Population
- 314,000 people (2025)
- Area
- 83,534 km²
- Capital
- Cayenne
- Languages
- French, Haitian Creole
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
Neighboring countries
Land neighbors, approximated from simplified map outlines.
Data Sources
- What the flag means: Constitution du 4 octobre 1958, Article 2
- Area: World countries in JSON, CSV, XML and YAML