Régina
Régina is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. With a land area of 12,130 km2 (4,680 sq mi), it is the second-largest commune of France.[3] The town is named after the first merchant who settled in the area.[4]
Régina | |
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 A view of the Approuague from Regina | |
 Location of the commune (in red) within French Guiana | |
Location of Régina 
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| Coordinates: 4°18′42″N 52°08′13″W | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas region and department | French Guiana |
| Arrondissement | Cayenne |
| Intercommunality | Est Guyanais |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Pierre Desert[1] |
| Area 1 | 12,130 km2 (4,680 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[2] | 876 |
| • Density | 0.072/km2 (0.19/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−03:00 |
| INSEE/Postal code | 97301 /97390 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Régina lies on the Approuague River. In former times it was a gold mining centre.[5] During the 1870s, it was home to several thousand people.[4] In 1936, Régina became the capital of the commune.[5] The Nouragues Nature Reserve is located near the town. The reserve was created in 1996, and covers 76,000 hectares.[6]
Following the construction of a bridge over the Approuague River in 2003, an asphalted road from Régina to Saint-Georges de l'Oyapock (a town by the Brazilian border) was opened in 2004, completing the road from Cayenne (the préfecture and largest city of French Guiana) to the Brazilian border. It is now possible to drive on a fully paved road from Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni on the Surinamese border to Oiapoque, Brazil.[7]
Climate
Régina has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Régina | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 28.8 (83.8) |
28.7 (83.7) |
29.5 (85.1) |
29.3 (84.7) |
29.2 (84.6) |
29.8 (85.6) |
30.4 (86.7) |
31.5 (88.7) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.6 (88.9) |
29.7 (85.5) |
30.2 (86.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.4 (77.7) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.8 (78.4) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.9 (78.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 22.0 (71.6) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
20.7 (69.3) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 430 (16.9) |
354 (13.9) |
367 (14.4) |
409 (16.1) |
567 (22.3) |
434 (17.1) |
250 (9.8) |
167 (6.6) |
97 (3.8) |
107 (4.2) |
193 (7.6) |
369 (14.5) |
3,744 (147.2) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[8] | |||||||||||||
Villages
- Guisanbourg, former capital of the commune, and ghost town.
- Kaw
See also
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- "Villes de plus grande taille, superficie, surface - toutes-les-villes". Toutes les Villes via Archive.org (in French). 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- "Guide Régina". Petite Futé (in French). Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- "Guizanbourg: Un village au confluent des temps". Une Saison en Guyane (in French). Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- "Décret n°96-491 du 6 juin 1996 portant création de la réserve naturelle de La Trinité (Guyane)". Government of the French Republic (in French). 6 June 1996. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- "Le secteur des transports dans les DCOM (Page 37)". Study Lib.fr (in French). Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- "Climate: Régina". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
