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KOUROU

CITY KOUROU

City

Kourou welcomes the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) . Spaceport of

Ariane launcher and European Civil satellites as the launch of the Ariane rocket. Located 60 km from Cayenne on National Highway 1, Kourou is best known for

Guiana Space Centre (CSG). In 1965, at the time of implantation thereof that Kourou, simple village, began its urbanization.

needs CSG caused a demographic explosion and the building of a real city.

An estimated 24,732 people population current. It is divided into 3 groups of roughly equal importance:

One third of Guyanese origin

Amerindian , Creole , Maroon . One third of whites.

One third of foreigners, Brazilians, Surinamese, Haitians.

Photos of the town of Kourou

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