Sinnamary ( French pronunciation: [sinamaʁi] ; French Guianese Creole : Sennmari ) is a town and commune on the coast of French Guiana , between Kourou and Iracoubo . Sinnamary was the second French settlement founded in French Guiana: the town was founded in 1664.
7-656: Sinnamary lies on the Sinnamary River and is home to the Guianan Soyuz launch site . In 1792, the first prison for priests and political enemies was constructed in Sinnamary. The town contains an Indonesian community, as well as a Galibi Amerindian community. Both communities produce artwork and jewellery that can be purchased. The main hotel in Sinnamary is the Hôtel du Fleuve. The first colonists arrived in
14-553: A tropical monsoon climate ( Köppen climate classification Am ). The average annual temperature in Sinnamary is 26.9 °C (80.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 3,020.0 mm (118.90 in) with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in October, at around 27.6 °C (81.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 26.3 °C (79.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Sinnamary
21-762: The area in 1624, however the town of Sinnamary was officially established in 1664. Sinnamary was taken twice by the Dutch , and once by the British , until in 1763, it was awarded to France by the Treaty of Paris . In 1764, about 40 families of Acadians , still living in exile after the Grand Dérangement nine years earlier, settled in Sinnamary. In 1792 during the French Revolution , the first prison for priests and political enemies opened in Sinnamary which
28-622: The commune. Sinnamary River The Sinnamary ( French pronunciation: [sinamaʁi] ) is a river in French Guiana . It is 290 km (180 mi) long. It rises in the center of the country, flowing north until it reaches the Atlantic Ocean near the town of Sinnamary . Its longest tributary is the Koursibo . The Petit-Saut Dam was built near Petit-Saut between 1989 and 1994. This article related to
35-583: The neighbouring and more populous Kourou commune, and because the entire CSG itself is thus often called the Kourou space centre, the Guianan Soyuz site/project is also occasionally called "Soyuz at Kourou", even though this is technically incorrect. The town is home to US Sinnamary who play at the Stade Omnisports [ fr ] which has a capacity of 2,500 people. Sinnamary has
42-535: Was 35.7 °C (96.3 °F) on 6 November 2008; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 18.7 °C (65.7 °F) on 17 March 2003. Sinnamary can be reached by the National Route 1 between Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni and Cayenne . Sinnamary is served by the Sinnamary Airport . Crique et Pripri Yiyi is a 284 square kilometres (110 sq mi) protected area and wetland located in
49-508: Was a precursor of the penal colony of French Guiana. After Napoleon reintroduced slavery in 1802, the town started to grow, and the discovery of gold caused a second boom. The Guianan Soyuz launch site is situated within the territory of the Sinnamary commune. Colloquially the site and/or project are thus sometimes called "Soyuz at Sinnamary". However, because most other facilities of the Centre Spatial Guyanais are in
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