Kayodé or Cayodé is a Teko and Wayana village on the Tampok River in French Guiana.
Kayodé | |
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  Kayodé Location in French Guiana | |
| Coordinates: 3°23′23″N 53°55′29″W / 3.38972°N 53.92472°W | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas region | French Guiana |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni |
| Commune | Maripasoula |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
| • Total | circa 350 |
The Tampok River is heavily polluted by illegal gold mining, causing adverse affects among the Kayodé population which uses the river for fishing and bathing.[2]
Education
editA primary school opened in Kayodé in 1988, which was extended in 1997.[3][4]
Notes
edit- ^ "A Kayodé, le centre de loisirs est fermé jusqu'à nouvel ordre". France Guyane (in French). Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ Boven 2006, pp. 226, 232.
- ^ Duin 2009, p. 175.
- ^ "École maternelle et élémentaire". French Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
References
edit- Boven, Karin M. (2006). Overleven in een Grensgebied: Veranderingsprocessen bij de Wayana in Suriname en Frans-Guyana (PDF). Bronnen voor de Studie van Suriname. Amsterdam: Rozenberg Publishers. hdl:1874/15288. ISBN 978-90-5170-621-5.
- Duin, Renzo Sebastiaan (2009). Wayana Socio-political Landscapes: Multi-scalar Regionality and Temporality in Guiana (PhD dissertation). University of Florida. ISBN 978-1-109-67068-4. ProQuest 304883514.
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