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Kourou's depressing, scattered sprawl of cheap architecture can be blamed on the boom from what is now its star attraction - the space-age Center Spatial Guyanais. The only other area of the town worth visiting is Le Vieux Bourg - a great strip for eating, drinking and wondering why the rest of the town isn't this hip.
Fast Facts
Population
19,074
Currency
Name: Euro
Code: EUR
Symbol: €
Electrical Plugs
220/127V 50Hz
Languages Spoken
Official: French
Time Zones
GMT/UTC -3
Country Dialing Code
+0594
Weights & Measures
Metric
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