Oyapock

The Oyapock or Oiapoque is a 403-kilometre long river in that forms most of the border between the overseas department of and the state of .
  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in South America, bordering French Guiana and Brasil (state of Amapá)
  • Also known as: Fleuve Oyapock”, “Oiapoque River”, and “Rio Oiapoque

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ouanary Airport.

Aerodrome
is an airport serving , a commune of near its eastern border with . The village is on the Ournary River, 2.5 kilometres upstream from its entry into the Atlantic Ocean.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ouanary.

Village
is a commune of , an overseas region and department of located in . lies at the mouth of the river Oiapoque. is situated 2½ km west of Oyapock.

Oyapock

Latitude
4.21667° or 4° 13′ north
Longitude
-51.65° or 51° 39′ west
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
68PC688X+MX
Geo­Names ID
3411098
Wiki­data ID
Q1541246
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Oyapock” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Ríu Oyapock
  • Belarusian: Аяпок
  • Breton: Oiapoque
  • Catalan: Oiapoque
  • Cebuano: Rio Oiapoque
  • Chinese: 奥亚波克河
  • Chinese: 奧亞波克河
  • Chuvash: Ояпок
  • Czech: Oiapoque
  • Czech: Oyapock
  • Dutch: Oiapoque (rivier)
  • Dutch: Oiapoque
  • Dutch: Oyapock
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر اوياپوك
  • Finnish: Oyapock
  • French: fleuve Oyapock
  • French: Oyapock
  • French: Rio Oiapoque
  • French: Rio Oyapock
  • German: Oyapock
  • Hebrew: אויאפוק
  • Hebrew: אויאפוקי
  • Hebrew: אויפוקי
  • Ido: Fluvio Oyapok
  • Indonesian: Sungai Oyapock
  • Irish: Oyapock
  • Italian: Oyapock
  • Japanese: オヤポキ川
  • Japanese: オヤポク川
  • Japanese: オヤポック川
  • Latvian: Ojapoke
  • Lithuanian: Ojapokė
  • Malagasy: Rio Oiapoque
  • Malayalam: ഒയപ്പോക്ക് നദി
  • Occitan (post 1500): Oyapock
  • Polish: Oiapoque
  • Polish: Oyapock
  • Portuguese: Iapoc
  • Portuguese: Iapoco
  • Portuguese: Oiapoque
  • Portuguese: Oyapock
  • Portuguese: Rio Oiapoque
  • Russian: Ояпок
  • Russian: Ояпоки
  • Serbo-Croatian: Oyapock (rijeka)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Oyapock
  • Slovenian: Oyapock
  • Slovenian: reka Oiapoque
  • Slovenian: Rio Oiapoque
  • Spanish: Rio Oiapoque
  • Spanish: Río Oiapoque
  • Spanish: Rio Oyapoque
  • Spanish: Río Oyapoque
  • Swedish: Oyapock
  • Tosk Albanian: Oyapock
  • Turkish: Oyapock
  • Ukrainian: Ояпок

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