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[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 months ago

Thank you!

[-] Xia@jlai.lu 15 points 6 months ago

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

[-] Gork@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months 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

[-] Pabo@feddit.nl 2 points 6 months 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).

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