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[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago

Forgive my ignorance in geography...what are the English/Dutch/French countries to the north of Brazil?

[-] witchdoctor@lemmy.basedcount.com 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Guyana, Suriname and French Guyana

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago
[-] Xia@jlai.lu 15 points 2 years ago

And French Guiana is not a country, just a region of France

[-] Gork@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Huh, so it's one of those relics of colonialism that didn't eventually end up independent then.

Also really weird to learn they use the Euro there lol

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago

Same for the few Caribbean islands speaking French, they are French "départements"

[-] Pabo@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago

Indeed, you can even see French Guyana depicted on the map on the back of the Euro banknotes (usually on a map window in the lower left corner).

France is still a colonial power though they rarely seems to getting as much flak as their island rival. It leads to some fun facts like "EUs largest national park is in the Amazon rainforest" and "France is the country with the most timezones (13)".

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