French Guiana
Guiana · Guyane française
French Guiana (GF, GUF) is a territory in South America, with Cayenne as its capital. The currency is the Euro (EUR, €). The international dialling code is +594 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 0694 20 12 34. The time zone is America/Cayenne. Official language: French.
CurrencyEUR€
Dial code+594e.g. 0694 20 12 34
Time zoneCayenneUTC−03:00
LanguageFrench
CapitalCayenne
Population199.5K83.5K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Guiana
- Native name
- Guyane française
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- GF
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- GUF
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 254
- Demonym
- Guianan
- Capital
- Cayenne
- Region
- Americas › South America
- Status
- Dependency or territory
- Groups
- South America
- Internet domain
- .gf
- Coordinates
- 4, -53
- Area
- 83,534 km²
- Population
- 199,509
- GDP
- $1.6B ($7.8K per person)
- Literacy
- 83%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
Currency
Euro EUR
- Symbol
- €
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- 1 234,50 €
Former currencies: FRF
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| French fr | Official | 62% (123.7K) | |
| gcr gcr | 26% (51.9K) | ||
| Traditional Chinese zh-Hant | 2.5% (5K) | ||
| Hmong Njua hnj | 2.4% (4.8K) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| America/Cayenne | UTC−03:00 | none | French Guiana Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +594
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 9 digits
- Emergency number
- 15 pattern 1[578]
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 0594 10 12 34 | +594 594 10 12 34 | XXXX XX XX XX | 9 |
| Mobile | 0694 20 12 34 | +594 694 20 12 34 | XXXX XX XX XX | 9 |
| Toll free | 0800 01 23 45 | +594 800 01 23 45 | XXXX XX XX XX | 9 |
| Premium rate | 0890 12 34 56 | +594 890 12 34 56 | XXXX XX XX XX | 9 |
| VoIP | 0976 01 23 45 | +594 976 01 23 45 | XXXX XX XX XX | 9 |
Show the 2 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{3})(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2}) | [5-7]|80[6-9]|9[47] | $1 $2 $3 $4 | $1 $2 $3 $4 |
(\d{3})(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2}) | [89] | $1 $2 $3 $4 | $1 $2 $3 $4 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Organization}
{Name}
{Street address}
{Postal code} {City} {Sorting code}
- Required fields
- Street address, City, Postal code
- Uppercase fields
- Street address, City, Sorting code
Postal code
- Pattern
9[78]3\d{2}- Examples
- 97300
- Post office lookup
- https://www.laposte.fr/outils/trouver-un-code-postal
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 4 days of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 24-hour (0–23), also hB
- Calendars
- gregorian
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
- Locales
Number and date formats
As written by the French (French Guiana) locale (fr-GF), amounts in EUR.
- Number
- 1 234 567,891
- Percent
- 45,7 %
- Currency (EUR)
- 1 234 567,89 €
- Accounting
- (1 234 567,89 €)
- Currency, name
- 1 234 567,89 euros
- Compact short
- 1,2 M
- Compact long
- 1,2 million
- Scientific
- 1,235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilomètres par heure
- Temperature
- 21,5 °C
- Date, full
- vendredi 27 mars 2026
- Date, long
- 27 mars 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 mars 2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/2026
- Time, medium
- 15:04:05
- Time, short
- 15:04
- Date and time
- 27 mars 2026, 15:04
- Month and year
- mars 2026
- Weekday
- vendredi
- Relative time
- hier · dans 3 jours · il y a 2 heures
- List: and
- A, B et C
- List: or
- A, B ou C