Kayodé
Kayodé | |
|---|---|
  Kayodé Location in French Guiana | |
| Coordinates: 3°23′23″N 53°55′29″W / 3.38972°N 53.92472°W | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas region | French Guiana |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni |
| Commune | Maripasoula |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | circa 350 |
Kayodé or Cayodé is a Teko and Wayana village on the Tampok River in French Guiana.
The Tampok River is heavily polluted by illegal gold mining, causing adverse affects among the Kayodé population which uses the river for fishing and bathing.[2]
Education
[edit]A primary school opened in Kayodé in 1988, which was extended in 1997.[3][4]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "A Kayodé, le centre de loisirs est fermé jusqu'à nouvel ordre". France Guyane (in French). Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ Boven 2006, pp. 226, 232.
- ^ Duin 2009, p. 175.
- ^ "École maternelle et élémentaire". French Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
References
[edit]- Boven, Karin M. (2006). Overleven in een Grensgebied: Veranderingsprocessen bij de Wayana in Suriname en Frans-Guyana (PDF). Bronnen voor de Studie van Suriname. Amsterdam: Rozenberg Publishers. hdl:1874/15288. ISBN 978-90-5170-621-5.
- Duin, Renzo Sebastiaan (2009). Wayana Socio-political Landscapes: Multi-scalar Regionality and Temporality in Guiana (PhD dissertation). University of Florida. ISBN 978-1-109-67068-4. ProQuest 304883514.
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