Kourou
Kourou is a town in French Guiana. Together with the Îles de salut outside the coast it used to be part of a penal colony for the worst criminals in France, but in 1946 the prisons were closed.Places of Interest
Highlights include Roches gravées de la Carapa and Plage Pim-Poum.
Roches gravées de la Carapa
Archaeological site
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Place de l’Europe.
Kourou
- Locality with 26,500 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 5 metres (16 feet)
- Location
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Latitude
5.1583° or 5° 9′ 30″ north
Longitude
-52.6428° or 52° 38′ 34″ west
Open location code
68Q95954+8V
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Kourou” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كوروا”
- Bulgarian: “Куру”
- Chinese: “库鲁”
- Japanese: “クールー”
- Mazanderani: “کورو”
- Russian: “Куру”
- Serbian: “Куру”
- Ukrainian: “Куру”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Place Copernic and Place Képler.
French Guiana: Highlights
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