evidence: Covering an area of 83,534 sq. km, French Guiana is located on the northeastern edge of South America. French Guiana is not an independent nation but rather an overseas possession of the French. Its relatively large land area actually makes it France’s 2nd largest region. French Guiana shares a border with both Brazil to the south and east and with Suriname to the west. [...] French Guiana - an overseas region and department of France is, divided into two arrondissements, 19 cantons and a total of 22 communes (towns and villages). Cayenne and Saint-Laurent Du Maroni are the two arrondissements. Saint-Laurent Du Maroni has 8 communes and Cayenne has 14 communes. [...] French Guiana is an overseas region and department of France that is located in the northeastern edge of South America. It is geographically positioned in the Northern and Western hemispheres of the Earth. French Guiana is bordered by Brazil in the east and south; by Suriname in the west and by the Atlantic Ocean in the northeast.