Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport in the context of Cépérou


Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport in the context of Cépérou

⭐ Core Definition: Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport

Cayenne – Félix Éboué Airport (French: Aéroport de Cayenne – Félix Éboué, IATA: CAY, ICAO: SOCA) is French Guiana's main international airport. It is located near the commune of Matoury, 13 kilometres (8 mi) southwest of French Guiana's capital city of Cayenne. It is managed by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of French Guiana (CCI Guyane).

Air Guyane Express has its headquarters on the airport property.

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👉 Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport in the context of Cépérou

Sépélu (or Cépérou in French) was a seventeenth century indigenous Kali'na chief, or yopoto, in what is now French Guiana. Oral histories recount that he sold or ceded land to the French circa 1643, namely the hill of Fort Cépérou which is now named after him. He is also remembered a native leader who resisted colonisation.

In 2003, Christiane Taubira held a competition to rename the international airport in Cayenne. Its previous namesake, Rochambeau, was deemed unfit because his son, Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, had brutally attempted to quell the Haitian Revolution. Four schoolchildren won Taubira's competition with the name Sépélu. However, the airport was eventually named after Black colonial official Félix Eboué in 2012.

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