Official Name: | Trois-Palétuviers |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | French Guiana |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in French Guiana |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | France |
Subdivision Type1: | Overseas region |
Subdivision Name1: | French Guiana |
Subdivision Type2: | Arrondissement |
Subdivision Name2: | Cayenne |
Subdivision Type3: | Commune |
Subdivision Name3: | Saint-Georges |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | c. 180 |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Trois-Palétuviers (English: three mangroves) is a Palikur Amerindian village on the Oyapock River in French Guiana, France near the border with Brazil.[2]
Trois-Palétuviers was established in 1960. The Palikur used to live in circular communal houses with palm leaf roofs in semi-permanent villages. They were encouraged to live in permanent villages, and settled in one story prefabricated concrete houses.
Trois-Palétuviers has a school[3] which is home to Cavaliers des Trois Palétuviers, a chess club who were invited to demonstrate their talents in Brussels in 2013.[4] In 2017, there was a malaria outbreak in the region,[5] and the Pasteur Institute has opened a screening centre in the village.[6]
The village only has electricity in the evening, and is not connected to the internet. The village can be reached via the Oyapock River, and is located about one hour from Saint-Georges.[1]