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Official languages in Central and South America (lemmy.basedcount.com)

submitted 7 months ago by witchdoctor@lemmy.basedcount.com to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Thank you!

[–] Xia@jlai.lu 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

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 7 months ago

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

[–] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago

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)".

[–] Pabo@feddit.nl 2 points 7 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).

[–] Blaze@reddthat.com 2 points 7 months ago

Do you know about the ABC Dutch Islands? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_islands_(Leeward_Antilles)