Kourou

Kourou is a town and commune in French Guiana, some 40 km northwest of the capital Cayenne at the mouth of the Kourou river on the Atlantic coast. It has a population of 20,000, many of whom are Metropolitan French, earning Kourou the nickname 'White City.' The Centre Spatial Guyanais (Guiana Space Centre), where the European Space Agency starts missions, is located outside the town. Kourou was formerly a prison colony: see Devil's Island.

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Commune: A commune or comune is a system of social and economic organization which involves the common ownership of resources and/or shared obligations. Within that framework, the word can have various meanings:...

French Guiana: French Guiana (French: Guyane fran?aise, officially Guyane) is an overseas d?partement (d?partement d'outre-mer, or DOM) of France, located on the Caribbean coast of South America and part of Caribbean South America. Like the other DOMs, French Guiana is also a r?gion (r?gion d'outre-mer) of France....

Cayenne: :This article is about the city in French Guiana. For other uses, see Cayenne pepper and Porsche Cayenne....