witchdoctor@lemmy.basedcount.com to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 5 months agoOfficial languages in Central and South Americalemmy.basedcount.comimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down11cross-posted to: mapporn@lemmy.world
arrow-up158arrow-down1imageOfficial languages in Central and South Americalemmy.basedcount.comwitchdoctor@lemmy.basedcount.com to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 5 months agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: mapporn@lemmy.world
minus-squareXia@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 months agoAnd French Guiana is not a country, just a region of France
minus-squareGork@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-25 months agoHuh, 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
minus-squareBastingChemina@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoSame for the few Caribbean islands speaking French, they are French “départements”
minus-squarePabo@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoIndeed, 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).
minus-squareBlaze@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoDo you know about the ABC Dutch Islands? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_islands_(Leeward_Antilles)
And French Guiana is not a country, just a region of France
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
Same for the few Caribbean islands speaking French, they are French “départements”
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).
Do you know about the ABC Dutch Islands? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_islands_(Leeward_Antilles)