Kourou

Is a a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work in the country of French Guiana.

Its center lies at a latitude of 5.15 and longitude of -52.65and it has an elevation of 1 meters above sea level.

Kourou also goes by the names, Bourg de Kourou, Kouro, Kourou, Kur, White City, Кур

The prodominant languages spoken are fr-GF (French) and its currency is the Euro (EUR), currently exchanging at 1 Euro = 0.85360 British Pound Sterling 1 Euro = 1.28290 United States Dollar .

Kourou currently has a population of 24000 (estimate).

Sunrise commences: 06:18 and sunset is at 18:36, not taking into account daylight saving time (DST).

Fourth-order administrative division : a subdivision of a third-order administrative division

• Kourou (1.22 km to travel)(25688)

Kourou - Plage des Roches

image by Chinappi

Hill : a rounded elevation of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m

• Montagne Wakapou (17.46 km to travel)
• Montagne la Tribouille (19.06 km to travel)
• Montagne des Singes (11.85 km to travel)
• Montagne Leblond (3.71 km to travel)
• Montagne Guatemala (5.56 km to travel)

Iles du Salut - Le bagne

image by Chinappi

Marsh(es) : a wetland dominated by grass-like vegetation

• Pripris Vogel (20.92 km to travel)
• Pripris Tremblants (15.69 km to travel)
• Marécages du Matiti (4.14 km to travel)
• Trou Léonard (13.08 km to travel)
• Grand Pripris (5.23 km to travel)

Ariane-5 in Kourou

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Rock : a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass

• Roche Vitalo (2.62 km to travel)
• Roche Garadier (11.07 km to travel)
• Roche la Folle (4.13 km to travel)

Centre Spatial - Pas de tir Ariane V (zone d'évacuation des flammes lors du lancement)

image by Eric Charpentier ©

Tidal creek(s) : a meandering channel in a coastal wetland subject to bi-directional tidal currents

• Crique Vécot (14.45 km to travel)
• Crique Romieu (19.99 km to travel)
• Crique Pradine (11.85 km to travel)
• Crique Crevasse (36.72 km to travel)
• Crique Claude (1.85 km to travel)

Kourou

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Stream : a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land

• Crique Vase (32.72 km to travel)
• Crique la Tribouille (19.06 km to travel)
• Crique du Trésor (10.77 km to travel)
• Crique Soumourou (9.23 km to travel)
• Crique Socoumou (11.72 km to travel)

ile du Diable (10-2008)

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Hammock(s) : a patch of ground, distinct from and slightly above the surrounding plain or wetland. Often occurs in groups

• Île Tranquille (6.67 km to travel)
• Îlet Pointe Coton (31.48 km to travel)
• Îlet aux Perroquets (21.08 km to travel)
• Île Ouaye (11.85 km to travel)
• Île Maoua (5.86 km to travel)

Les Îles du Salut

image by Juha Rimpiläinen

Building(s) : a structure built for permanent use, as a house, factory, etc.

• Tour Dreyfus (2.62 km to travel)

Tigercage

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Locality : a minor area or place of unspecified or mixed character and indefinite boundaries

• Terre Jaune (11.12 km to travel)
• Tamarinier (32.71 km to travel)
• Roche Sophie (23.67 km to travel)
• Roche Élisabeth (15.9 km to travel)
• Roche Dégonde (26.27 km to travel)

ile Royale (bagne) (10-2008)

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Landing : a place where boats receive or discharge passengers and freight, but lacking most port facilities

• Dégrad Saramaka (15.83 km to travel)
• Dégrad Janson (16.56 km to travel)
• Dégrad Balata (17.08 km to travel)

Soyuz in Kourou

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Islands : tracts of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water

• Îles du Salut (16.56 km to travel)

Hotel : a building providing lodging and/or meals for the public

• Hôtel des Roches (2.62 km to travel)
• Mercure Kourou Atlantis 2m (0.01 km to travel)

Grassland : an area dominated by grass vegetation

• Savane Renner (32.91 km to travel)
• Savanes de Pariacabo (4.13 km to travel)
• Savanes Oyabo (11.27 km to travel)
• Savane Matiti (8.28 km to travel)
• Savanes de Malmanoury (26.65 km to travel)

Point : a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water, less prominent than a cape

• Pointe Pollux (2.62 km to travel)
• Les Roches (1.85 km to travel)
• Pointe des Îles (2.62 km to travel)
• Pointe Charlotte (5.86 km to travel)
• Pointe Castor (2.62 km to travel)

Road : an open way with improved surface for transportation of animals, people and vehicles

• Route de Petit Saut (16.52 km to travel)

Hills : rounded elevations of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m

• Montagnes des Pères (5.56 km to travel)
• Monts Pariacabo (1.85 km to travel)

Pond : a small standing waterbody

• Oulapa (1.85 km to travel)
• Lac Marie-Claire (1.85 km to travel)
• Lac du Bois Chaudat (0 km to travel)

Square : a broad, open, public area near the center of a town or city

• Place Newton (2.62 km to travel)
• Place Kepler (1.85 km to travel)
• Place de l'Europe (1.85 km to travel)
• Place Copernic (2.62 km to travel)
• Place de la Condamine (1.85 km to travel)

Rocks : conspicuous, isolated rocky masses

• Battures de Malmanoury (25.17 km to travel)
• Roches Kourou (9.23 km to travel)
• Roches Karouabo (13.35 km to travel)
• Roche Charlotte (5.56 km to travel)
• Roches Bonnet (9.23 km to travel)

Reach : a straight section of a navigable stream or channel between two bends

• Pointe Madeleine (11.27 km to travel)

Abandoned prison :

• Les Roches (1.85 km to travel)

Drainage canal : an artificial waterway carrying water away from a wetland or from drainage ditches

• Canal Le Roy (2.62 km to travel)

Canal : an artificial watercourse

• Canal Leroy (10.46 km to travel)

Agricultural colony : a tract of land set aside for agricultural settlement

• Lotissements Agricoles de La Césarée (19.66 km to travel)

Airfield : a place on land where aircraft land and take off; no facilities provided for the commercial handling of passengers and cargo

• Kourou (0 km to travel)

Space center : a facility for launching, tracking, or controlling satellites and space vehicles

• Centre Spatial Guyanais (11.84 km to travel)

Rapids : a turbulent section of a stream associated with a steep, irregular stream bed

• Saut Gorigo (20.02 km to travel)

Lake : a large inland body of standing water

• Lac Éloge (26.15 km to travel)

Forest(s) : an area dominated by tree vegetation

• Bois Diable (1.85 km to travel)

Shoal(s) : a surface-navigation hazard composed of unconsolidated material

• Banc de l'Alouette (19.34 km to travel)