Balaté
Balaté | |
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Village | |
![]() ![]() Balaté Location in French Guiana | |
Coordinates: 5°28′58″N 54°02′38″W / 5.48279°N 54.04390°WCoordinates: 5°28′58″N 54°02′38″W / 5.48279°N 54.04390°W | |
Country | France |
Overseas region | French Guiana |
Arrondissement | Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni |
Commune | Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni |
Government | |
• Captain | Sylvio Van der Pijl[1] |
Population (2017)[2] | |
• Total | ca. 600 |
Balaté is a village of Lokono Amerindians[3] in the commune of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni at the confluence of the Maroni River and the Balaté River in French Guiana.
History[]
Balaté was founded in 1946[3] near the town of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni. The village had a population of about 600 people as of 2017.[2] In 1987, Jacques Chirac as Prime Minister established Zones of Collective Use Rights (ZDUC).[4] Since 1993, the village has 3,710 hectares of communal land located about 10 kilometres from the village to be used for fishing, hunting and subsistence farming.[5]
In 2006, Léon Bertrand, who was both Mayor of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni and Delegate Minister of Tourism, developed plans for a large tourist resort with a luxury hotel and casino in the village of Balaté. Captain Brigitte Wyngaarde, the traditional village chief, successfully opposed the plans.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Coronavirus : inquiétudes au village de Balaté de Saint-Laurent du Maroni". France TV (in French). 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "L'État s'engage en Guyane" (PDF). Government of French Guiana (in French). 23 March 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Demenois & Wyngaarde 2006, p. 8.
- ^ "Un atlas des Zones de droits d'usage collectifs en Guyane". journals.openedition.org (in French). 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ Demenois & Wyngaarde 2006, p. 10.
- ^ "La parole étouffée de Brigitte Wyngaarde". Blada (in French). Retrieved 11 February 2020.
Bibliography[]
- Demenois, Julien; Wyngaarde, Brigitte (2006). "Espoirs et difficultés du transfert de la gestion forestière à deux communautés de Guyane et du Cameroun". Bois et Forets des Tropiques. 289. Cite journal requires
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