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French Guiana

French Guiana is an overseas department and region of France, part of the EU but outside the Schengen area, in South America. UN Tourism publishes no arrivals figure for it, so Globestamp places its stamp by estimate: Prism, for 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year.

French Guiana’s stamp in Globestamp
Prism · 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year
Stamp finish
Prismplaced by estimate
Area
83,551 km² (32,259 sq mi)
Airports
3with scheduled flights

Does French Guiana count as a country?

It depends on the list. French Guiana is an overseas department and region of France, part of the EU but outside the Schengen area, so it is not one of the UN’s 193 members, but Globestamp’s list of 250 countries and territories counts it on its own. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “French Guiana”.

ListCounts French Guiana?
UN member states (193)No
Globestamp’s countries and territories (250)Yes
Travelers’ Century Club (330)Yes, as French Guiana
European UnionNo
Schengen areaNo

French Guiana belongs to France, but travelers usually count it on its own, because it has its own entry rules, its own flag or its own place on the map. Other places in the same family: French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Réunion and Saint Barthélemy.

The French Guiana stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. French Guiana’s is Prism: the full spectrum with glints, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. UN Tourism has no figure for French Guiana, so its finish is placed by hand from what is known of its visitors. See every stamp on the stamp wall, or the rarest on the least-visited countries.

What counts as a visit to French Guiana

The common rule among travelers is that you set foot there: an airport layover usually doesn’t count, and a port where you went ashore does. Globestamp counts French Guiana when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. Photos only at an airport make a transit stamp in lighter ink, counted only if you count layovers. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.

Largest cities

CityPeople (urban area)
Cayenne61,550

Airports

French Guiana has 3 airports with scheduled flights, 1 of them large. Each is a dot on Globestamp’s airports layer, and every flight you log adds to how far you’ve flown (try the flight distance calculator).

Questions people ask

Is French Guiana a country?

It depends on the list. French Guiana is an overseas department and region of France, part of the EU but outside the Schengen area, so it is not one of the UN’s 193 members, but Globestamp’s list of 250 countries and territories counts it on its own. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “French Guiana”.

How many tourists visit French Guiana?

UN Tourism, the usual source, publishes no arrivals figure for French Guiana. Globestamp places its stamp by estimate, as Prism: 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year.

How rare is a French Guiana stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Prism, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does French Guiana count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “French Guiana”, one of its 330 destinations.

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